{"id":152909,"date":"2021-12-13T14:37:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T09:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?page_id=152909"},"modified":"2022-03-12T17:26:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T11:56:31","slug":"black-and-orange-flycatcher-and-nilgiri-flycatcher","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/black-and-orange-flycatcher-and-nilgiri-flycatcher\/","title":{"rendered":"Black-and-orange Flycatcher and Nilgiri Flycatcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>About Black-and-orange Flycatcher(Ficedula nigrorufa) and Nilgiri Flycatcher (Eumyias albicaudatus)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-152615 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/BOF.jpg?resize=202%2C152&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/BOF.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/BOF.jpg?resize=1024%2C769&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/BOF.jpg?resize=768%2C577&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/BOF.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-152618 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nilgiri-Flycatcher.jpg?resize=221%2C166&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nilgiri-Flycatcher.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nilgiri-Flycatcher.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nilgiri-Flycatcher.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nilgiri-Flycatcher.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/>\u00a0These are tiny, brightly-colored flycatcher bird. These are monotypic species endemic to the southern Western Ghats and confined to higher elevations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conservation Status: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IUCN Red List:<\/strong> Both the flycatchers are listed as<strong> &#8220;Least concern&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-5\">\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Habitat:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BOF prefers the leaf-litter, understorey of shola forests, especially among the stunted evergreen forest patches in the sky islands of Western Ghats.<\/li>\n<li>The NIF is also found above 600 m elevation but more frequently above 1200 m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Characteristics:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Black-and-orange Flycatcher<\/strong>:\u00a0The male is distinctly black headed with black wings. The female has the black replaced by dark brown and has a light eye-ring.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Nilgiri Flycatcher<\/strong>: It is dark steely indigo blue with some violet-blue on the forehead and darker lores. The female is duller with dark brown on the upperparts and dark grey below.<\/p>\n<p>It was formerly referred to as the Nilgiri verditer flycatcher because of its similarity to the verditer flycatcher.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: Verditer is a winter migrant to the Nilgiris, which, however, has distinct dark lores and a lighter shade of blue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Food Habits<\/strong>&#8211; In addition to typical \u201cflycatching,\u201d both flycatchers forage on the ground and in dense undergrowth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Threats<\/strong>-The study has found that these two species could suffer a loss of 31% and 46% of their range respectively by 2050 due to <strong>climate change<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, about 75% of the currently suitable areas of both these species lie <strong>outside the protected area network<\/strong> in the Western Ghats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Black-and-orange Flycatcher(Ficedula nigrorufa) and Nilgiri Flycatcher (Eumyias albicaudatus) \u00a0These are tiny, brightly-colored flycatcher bird. These are monotypic species endemic to the southern Western Ghats and confined to higher elevations. Conservation Status: IUCN Red List: Both the flycatchers are listed as &#8220;Least concern&#8221;. 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