Turquoise flycatcher
Eumyias panayensis Sharpe, 1877
The turquoise flycatcher (Eumyias panayensis) is a species in the family Muscicapidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 19.9 g to 20 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
No freely licensed photo yet
Quick facts about the turquoise flycatcher
- Weight
- 20 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
- Not recorded
- 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 turquoise flycatcher live?
Not recorded
What is the turquoise flycatcher?
The turquoise flycatcher (Eumyias panayensis), also known as the island flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Indonesia (Sulawesi, Maluku, Ambon) and the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
From the Wikipedia article “Turquoise flycatcher” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Turquoise_flycatcher&oldid=1358289964), 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.
What does the turquoise flycatcher sound like?
Is the turquoise flycatcher endangered?
The turquoise flycatcher is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the turquoise flycatcher classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyMuscicapidae
- genusEumyias
- SpeciesEumyias panayensis Sharpe, 1877
Synonyms Muscicapa panayensis
Other names and names in other languages (30)
- Island flycatcherEnglish
- Island flycatcherEnglish
- papamosques illencCatalan
- lejsek korunovýCzech
- Filippinsk IrfluesnapperDanish
- AzurschnäpperGerman
- Azur-SchnäpperGerman
- AzurfliegenschnäpperGerman
- turkisa muŝkaptuloEsperanto
- Papamoscas isleñoSpanish
- celebesinturkoosisieppoFinnish
- Niltava des îlesFrench
- Gobemouche des îlesFrench
- crnokljuna muharicaCroatian
- Sikatan pulauIndonesian
- Pigliamosche insulareItalian
- アオムネヒタキJapanese
- filipininė rytinė musinukėLithuanian
- PanayvliegenvangerDutch
- maskefluesnapperNorwegian
- modrówka lazurowaPolish
- papa-moscas-turquesaPortuguese
- Лазурная мухоловкаRussian
- Островная лазурная мухоловкаRussian
- niltava ostrovnáSlovak
- cyanflugsnappareSwedish
- Turkuaz SinekkapanTurkish
- мухоловка лазуроваUkrainian
- 岛仙鹟Chinese
- 島仙鶲Chinese
Relatives of the turquoise flycatcher
Other species in the same genus Eumyias.
Verditer flycatcher
Eumyias thalassinus
Indigo flycatcher
Eumyias indigo
Nilgiri flycatcher
Eumyias albicaudatus
Dull-blue flycatcher
Eumyias sordidus
CompareTurquoise flycatcher vs Verditer flycatcherTurquoise flycatcher vs Indigo flycatcherTurquoise flycatcher vs Nilgiri flycatcherTurquoise flycatcher vs Dull-blue flycatcher
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the turquoise flycatcher?
An adult turquoise flycatcher weighs 20 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the turquoise flycatcher endangered?
The turquoise 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 turquoise flycatcher?
The turquoise flycatcher (Eumyias panayensis) belongs to the family Muscicapidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
Embed a card for this animal on your own site
Copy this code. The card shows the photo with its credit, key facts and a link back to this page.
CreatureData. (2026). Turquoise flycatcher (Eumyias panayensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/turquoise-flycatcher
“Turquoise flycatcher (Eumyias panayensis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/turquoise-flycatcher.
@misc{turquoise_flycatcher_2026,
title = {Turquoise flycatcher (Eumyias panayensis)},
author = {{CreatureData}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/turquoise-flycatcher},
note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}