Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush
Myophonus blighi
Endangered
Stand-in photo: Buddhika.jm, CC BY 3.0
Look again
The rarest and shyest of the hill birds. It keeps to dark, wet ravines at dawn and dusk, and many birders leave the island without seeing it.
Field marks
The male is blue-black with a bright blue patch on the shoulder. The female is brown with the same blue patch.
Family
Muscicapidae
Group
Thrushes, chats and flycatcher
Habitat
Hill and cloud forest
Where to look
Horton Plains, Nuwara Eliya
Length
About 20 cm
IUCN status
Endangered
