The blue-and-white flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana) is a migratory songbird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The species is also known as the Japanese flycatcher. It breeds in Japan, Korea, and in parts of north eastern China and the Russian Far East. It winters in South East Asia, especially in Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Sumatra and Borneo. This species has been recorded as a vagrant from the Sinharaja Rainforest in Sri Lanka in 2014. Females spend more time and energy caring for young than males. Males are, on average, larger than females. Blue-and-white flycatchers are most active in the morning.

Diet

It feeds mainly on insects and larvae, but also eats berries, including pokeweed.