Rufous-bellied Niltava (Niltava sundara)

Other Names (World)
Rufous-bellied Niltava, Beautiful Niltava, Black-and-orange Niltava, Orange-bellied Niltava, Sundara Niltava

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
16.50 - 18 cm

First Described (Guide)
Hodgson, 1837

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest, heavily degraded former forest.

Range (Guide)

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

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 (24)...)

Rufous-bellied Niltava (Niltava sundara) [XC324511]
by Peter Boesman from pangot uttarakhand, India (song)

Rufous-bellied Niltava (Niltava sundara) [XC65077]
by David Edwards from Mount Fansipan, Vietnam (song)

Subspecies
May form a superspecies with Fujian Niltava (Niltava davidi) and Rufous-vented Niltava (Niltava sumatrana) and has previously been considered conspecific with one or both.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

whistleri Ticehurst, 1926 - North-western Himalayas of northern Pakistan and northern India.
sundara Hodgson, 1837 - Central and eastern Himalayas and southern China (south-eastern Xizang, western Yunnan) south to Myanmar (except eastern and south-east).
denotata Bangs & Phillips, JC, 1914 - Breeds eastern Myanmar and southern China (Shaanxi and western Hubei south to eastern Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou). Non-breeding south to northern Thailand and northern Indochina.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Rufous-bellied Niltava (Niltava sundara) - 10 files

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