Small Niltava (Niltava macgrigoriae)

Other Names (World)
Small Niltava, Black-breasted Niltava

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
11.50 - 14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Burton, 1836)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam.

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).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (77)...)

Small Niltava (Niltava macgrigoriae) [XC115685]
by Mike Nelson from Tingtibi, Zhemgang, Bhutan (song)

Small Niltava (Niltava macgrigoriae) [XC426719]
by Peter Boesman from Eagle Nest, Sessni area and lower, Arrunachal Pradesh, India (call, song, song and call)

Subspecies
Species name sometimes erroneously listed as "macgregoriae".

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

macgrigoriae (Burton, 1836) - Western and central Himalayas.
signata (McClelland, 1840) - Eastern Himalayas east to north-eastern India (Assam and Arunachal Pradesh south to Mizoram), northern and eastern Myanmar, southern China (south-eastern Xizang and western and southern Yunnan east to southern Guangxi), northern and western Thailand and northern and central Indochina.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Small Niltava (Niltava macgrigoriae) - 10 files

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