White Bellied Blue Flycatcher (Female) - Record shot

[Praveen Siddannavar]

This is a female white bellied blue flycatcher that I photographed recently (Oct'12) at Old Magazine House in Ganeshgudi. It was late evening and the light was extremely low. I have got the male too that I will share soon, it will help for comparison.
This flycatcher is a small passerine bird that is endemic to the Western Ghats (including the Nilgiris) of southwest India. Males are dark blue with a lighter shade of blue on the brow and have a greyish white belly. Females have a rufous breast, a white face and olive grey above. It forages in the undergrowth in the shade of dense forest canopy where it makes aerial forays to capture insects. The female is olive brown above with whitish lores. The rufous throat and breast fades to white towards the belly.

Camera - Canon 1D Mark IV, Canon f4 500mm lens
EXIF - ISO 1600 Av 4 Tv 1/80 sec EC - 0.3, Subject distance 6.5M, Cropped, used monopod for support.

[Atul Sinai]

Wonderful capture Praveen. Thanks for sharing detailed info.

[Prasad Dingankar]

wonderful capture... Thanks for sharing & detailed information

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice perch and good eye contact. Liked the clean background. Thanks for sharing.

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice image. Very colourful bird.Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Good to see this record. Do you get a shot of the male as well?

Cheers,
Sabyasachi