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title: "Verditer Flycatcher"
description: "Eumyias thalassinus — Birds. The verditer flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus) is an Old World flycatcher."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/verditer-flycatcher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Verditer Flycatcher

> Eumyias thalassinus — Birds. The verditer flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus) is an Old World flycatcher.

- Scientific name: *Eumyias thalassinus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 4624
- Wikidata: [Q1591254](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1591254)
- iNaturalist taxon: [72848](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/72848)

## Names

- en: Verditer Flycatcher
- de: Lazulifliegenschnäpper
- es: Papamoscas Verdín
- fr: Gobemouche vert-de-gris
- pl: Modrówka seledynowa

## Countries with the most observations

IN (1710), TH (517), CN (471), MY (405), HK (352), NP (260), VN (179), BT (128), MO (42), KH (32), TW (28), ID (25)

## Summary

The verditer flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus) is an Old World flycatcher. It is found from the Himalayas through Southeast Asia to Sumatra. This species is named after its distinctive shade of copper-sulphate blue and has a dark patch between the eyes and above the bill base. The adult males are intense blue on all areas of the body, except for the black eye-patch and grey vent. Adult females and sub-adults are lighter blue.
The verditer flycatcher is also interesting among the flycatchers in that they forage above the canopy level and perch on electric wires or exposed tree top branches.
This species was earlier…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verditer_flycatcher

## Photo

![Verditer Flycatcher](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/verditer-flycatcher/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen Matthews · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102798274

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/verditer-flycatcher?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).