Indian Blue Robin

Indian Blue Robin

Luscinia brunnea

Insufficient data
overall probability at Minneriya National Park
2 Verified records at Minneriya National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The Indian blue robin (Larvivora brunnea) is a small bird found in the Indian subcontinent. Formerly considered a thrush, it is now considered one of the Old World flycatchers in the family Muscicapidae. It was earlier also called the Indian blue chat. It is migratory, breeding in the forests along the Himalayas of Nepal, India, Myanmar and Bangladesh. They winter in the hill forests of the Western Ghats of India and in Sri Lanka. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Minneriya National Park

Indian Robin

Indian Robin

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Saxicoloides fulicatus

30–40% · Possible
Oriental Magpie-Robin
LC

Oriental Magpie-Robin

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Copsychus saularis

20–30% · Possible
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
LC Endemic

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Cyornis tickelliae

10–20% · With luck
Asian Brown Flycatcher

Asian Brown Flycatcher

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Muscicapa latirostris

<5% · Rare
Brown-breasted Flycatcher
LC

Brown-breasted Flycatcher

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Muscicapa muttui

Insufficient data
Blue Rock-Thrush
LC

Blue Rock-Thrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Monticola solitarius

Insufficient data
Purple-rumped Sunbird
LC

Purple-rumped Sunbird

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Leptocoma zeylonica

30–40% · Possible
Black-hooded Oriole
LC Endemic

Black-hooded Oriole

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Oriolus xanthornus

30–40% · Possible
Oriental Pipit
LC

Oriental Pipit

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Anthus rufulus

30–40% · Possible
Large-billed Crow
LC

Large-billed Crow

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Corvus macrorhynchos

30–40% · Possible
Yellow-billed Babbler

Yellow-billed Babbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Turdoides affinis

30–40% · Possible
Common Iora
LC

Common Iora

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Aegithina tiphia

20–30% · Possible

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Indian Blue Robin at Minneriya National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Horton Plains National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
20–30%
2 Jiuzhaigou National Park 🇨🇳 China
10–20%
3 Eravikulam National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
4 Langtang National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
5–10%
5 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
5–10%
6 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
7 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
8 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
<5%
9 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
<5%
10 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
11 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
12 Khangchendzonga National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
13 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
Insufficient data
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