Sumatran Whistling-Thrush (Myophonus castaneus)

Other Names (World)
Sumatran Whistling-Thrush, Chestnut-winged Whistling-Thrush, Brown-winged Whistling-thrush, Sunda Whistling-thrush (when treated as conspecific with Myophonus glaucinus and Myophonus borneensis), Brown-winged Whistling Thrush

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Wardlaw Ramsay, 1880)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. Also inland wetlands. From 400 - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia (B).

Sumatra in Indonesia.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
Deforestation is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Call is a grating 'waaach'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Brown-winged Whistling Thrush (Myophonus castaneus) [XC241727]
by id from Mount Kerinci, West Sumatra, Sumatra, Indonesia (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Myophonus glaucinus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Javan Whistling-Thrush (Myophonus glaucinus), Sumatran Whistling-Thrush (Myophonus castaneus) and Bornean Whistling-Thrush (Myophonus borneensis) and following Collar (2004).

Forms a superspecies with Javan Whistling-Thrush (Myophonus glaucinus) and Bornean Whistling-Thrush (Myophonus borneensis) and all were previously treated as conspecific.

References
See References.

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