Black-and-Orange Flycatcher

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Researchers from the Kerala Agricultural University developed species distribution models for Black-and-orange Flycatcher and Nilgiri Flycatcher.

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To understand the current potential suitability and possible responses of the species to future climate change using the MaxEnt algorithm.
- MaxEnt, which stands for ‘maximum entropy modelling’, predicts species’ occurrences by finding the distribution that is most spread out, or closest to uniform, while taking into account the limits of the environmental variables of known locations.

Finding: The Black-and-orange Flycatcher could lose up to 31% and Nilgiri Flycatcher 46% of its range by 2050 due to climate change.

Black-and-orange Flycatcher

Scientific Name : Ficedula nigrorufa

They are tiny, brightly-coloured flycatchers.
The Female is slightly paler than the male, particularly on the head.
In addition to typical “flycatching,” also forages on the ground and in dense undergrowth, like a babbler or fulvetta. Inhabits montane shola forests from 1000 meters upwards.
IUCN Status: Least Concern

Image Courtesy: ebird.org

Nilgiri Flycatcher

Scientific Name :Eumyias albicaudatus
The entirely indigo-blue male is unique. Verditer Flycatcher is brighter blue and more elongated.
Female Nilgiri is grey overall, though can sometimes show a bluish tinge in good lighting.
It is most common above 1200 meters.
IUCN Status: Least Concern

Image Courtesy:ebird.org

Source: DTE

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