The Himalayas, is a mountain range which separates the Great Indian Plains from the Tibetan Plateau. This range is home to nine of the ten highest peaks on the Earth, including the highest, Mount Everest. The abrupt rise of the Himalayan Mountains from less than 500 meters to more than 8,000 meters in a few hundred kilometers has resulted in a huge diversity of flora and fauna. Nearly 1000 birds have been recorded in the Himalayas of which 15 species are fully endemic.
The slaty-blue flycatcher (Ficedula tricolor) is in the Muscicapidae family. It is common in the Himalayas, NE India, Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is an altitudinal migrant, making post-breeding descent to lower levels. Breeds in subalpine shrubberies, bush-covered hills. Food includes small invertebrates, in particular, centipedes, midges and beetles. Usually solitary.
IUCN Status: Least Concern (LC) Photo: Soumyajit Nandi