Blue-throated Blue-flycatcher female, Dandeli

The habitat of this species is a thicker forest than other species of flycatchers. The blue-throated flycatcher is found in much of the Indian Subcontinent, all through the Himalayas, the plains and Western Ghats of India in the winter. The blue-throated flycatcher is found in much of the Indian Subcontinent, all through the Himalayas, the plains and Western Ghats of India in the cold months, and also extends eastwards into Bangladesh, and to Arakan and the Tenasserim Hills in Myanmar.

Diet includes small invertebrates, e.g. flies (Diptera), small cicadas (Cicadoidea) and larvae. Not globally threatend. This is classified as least concern by IUCN.