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Nilgiri flycatcher

Eumyias albicaudatus (Jerdon, 1840)

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The nilgiri flycatcher (Eumyias albicaudatus) is a species in the family Muscicapidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 16.4 g to 17.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Nilgiri flycatcher (Eumyias albicaudatus)
Photo: PrasadBasavaraj · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the nilgiri flycatcher

Weight
16.4 g – 17.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the nilgiri flycatcher live?

Not recorded

What is the nilgiri flycatcher?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Nilgiri flycatcher (Eumyias albicaudatus) is an Old World flycatcher with a very restricted range in the hills of southern India. It was formerly referred to as the Nilgiri verditer flycatcher because of its similarity to the verditer flycatcher, a winter migrant to the Nilgiris, which, however, has distinct dark lores and a lighter shade of blue. There are two small white patches at the base of the tail. It is found mainly in the higher altitude shola forests of the Western Ghats and the Nilgiris.

From the Wikipedia article “Nilgiri flycatcher” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nilgiri_flycatcher&oldid=1383174219), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the nilgiri flycatcher endangered?

The nilgiri flycatcher is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the nilgiri flycatcher classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyMuscicapidae
  6. genusEumyias
  7. SpeciesEumyias albicaudatus (Jerdon, 1840)

Synonyms Eumyias albicaudata, Muscicapa albicaudata, Muscicapa albicaudata albicaudata

Other names and names in other languages (42)
  • papamosques dels monts NilgiriCatalan
  • lejsek západoghátskýCzech
  • Nilgiri IrfluesnapperDanish
  • NilgirischnäpperGerman
  • NilghirifliegenschnäpperGerman
  • NilghirischnäpperGerman
  • nilgiria muŝkaptuloEsperanto
  • Brilvosta muŝkaptuloEsperanto
  • Papamoscas de los NilgiriSpanish
  • nilgirinsieppoFinnish
  • Niltava des NilgiriFrench
  • Gobemouche des NilgiriFrench
  • નીલગિરી માખીમાર (Nīlgirī mākhīmār)Gujarati
  • नीलगिरी मक्खीमार (Nīlgirī makkhīmār)Hindi
  • južnogatska muharicaCroatian
  • Pigliamosche delle NilgiriItalian
  • インドアイイロヒタキJapanese
  • インドアイイロビタキJapanese
  • ನೀಲಗಿರಿ ನೊಣಹಿಡುಕ (Nīlagiri noṇahiḍuka)Kannada
  • nilgirinė rytinė musinukėLithuanian
  • നീലക്കിളി പാറ്റപിടിയൻMalayalam
  • നീലഗിരി പാറ്റപിടിയൻ (Nīlagiri pāṟṟapiṭiyan)Malayalam
  • नीलगिरी माशीमार (Nīlgirī māśīmār)Marathi
  • NilgirivliegenvangerDutch
  • nilgirifluesnapperNorwegian
  • ਨੀਲਗਿਰੀ ਮੱਖੀਖੋਰ (Nīlgirī makkhīkhōr)Punjabi
  • modrówka turkusowaPolish
  • نیلگری کیڑے پھڑناWestern Panjabi
  • papa-moscas-dos-nilgirisPortuguese
  • papa-moscas-dos-nilguiriPortuguese
  • Нильгирийская мухоловкаRussian
  • Нилгрийская лазурная мухоловкаRussian
  • नीलगिरिमक्षिकाहारी (Nīlagirimakṣikāhārī)Sanskrit
  • niltava hôrnaSlovak
  • nilgiriflugsnappareSwedish
  • நீலகிரி ஈப்பிடிப்பான் (Nīlakiri īppiṭippāṉ)Tamil
  • నీలగిరి ఈకతినే పిట్ట (Nīlagiri īkatinē piṭṭa)Telugu
  • นกจับแมลงสีฟ้านิลคีรีThai
  • Nilgiri SinekkapanıTurkish
  • мухоловка нильгірійськаUkrainian
  • 印度仙鹟Chinese
  • 尼爾吉里鶲Chinese

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Relatives of the nilgiri flycatcher

Other species in the same genus Eumyias.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the nilgiri flycatcher?

An adult nilgiri flycatcher weighs 16.4 g – 17.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the nilgiri flycatcher endangered?

The nilgiri flycatcher is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the nilgiri flycatcher?

The nilgiri flycatcher (Eumyias albicaudatus) belongs to the family Muscicapidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Nilgiri flycatcher (Eumyias albicaudatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/nilgiri-flycatcher

MLA

“Nilgiri flycatcher (Eumyias albicaudatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/nilgiri-flycatcher.

BibTeX
@misc{nilgiri_flycatcher_2026,
  title = {Nilgiri flycatcher (Eumyias albicaudatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/nilgiri-flycatcher},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}