Blue-and-white flycatcher
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The blue-and-white flycatcher mixes raspy “gigi” and “jiji” sounds into its song.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Blue-and-white flycatcher
- Scientific name
- Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Japanese name
- オオルリ
- Group
- Birds
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Genus
- Cyanoptila
It comes to Japan in summer and raises its young in forests along mountain streams, close to water.
The male is deep blue from the head down the back, with a black throat and chest and a white belly. The female is pale brown all over.
How the Blue-and-white flycatcher lives
During spring and autumn migration, it also visits woods and parks on the plains. In breeding areas, males and females sometimes call back and forth.
新潟県Basic data
- Size
- Total length: 16–16.5 cm
Where the Blue-and-white flycatcher has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- オオルリ
- 简体中文
- 白腹蓝鹟
- 繁體中文
- 白腹琉璃
- 한국어
- 큰유리새
- Español
- Papamoscas azul
- Français
- Gobemouche bleu
- Deutsch
- Blauschnäpper
- Português (Brasil)
- Papa-moscas-azul-e-branco
- Italiano
- Pigliamosche biancoblu
- العربية
- خاطف الذباب الأزرق
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Sikatan biru-putih
- Tiếng Việt
- Đớp ruồi Nhật Bản
- Русский
- Синяя мухоловка
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 新潟県 — 展示鳥類剥製（オオルリ）Checked: 2026-11-03
- 島根県 — 立久恵峡の鳥類Checked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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