Long-tailed Sibia (Heterophasia picaoides)

Family
Leiotrichidae (Laughingthrushes And Allies)

Size
28 - 34.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hodgson, 1839)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and montane forest.

Range (Guide)

Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, 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 (53)...)

Long-tailed Sibia (Heterophasia picaoides) [XC49780]
by Frank Lambert from Mishmi, India (song)

Long-tailed Sibia (Heterophasia picaoides) [XC146218]
by Marc Anderson from Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Malaysia (call, song)

Subspecies
Has sometimes been placed in genus Leioptila. Subspecies cana considered doubtfully valid.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

picaoides (Hodgson, 1839) - Central Nepal east to Bhutan, north-eastern India (Arunachal Pradesh), north-eastern Bangladesh, northern Myanmar and southern China (western Yunnan).
cana (Riley, 1929) - Eastern and south-eastern Myanmar (including northern Tenasserim), north-western and western Thailand, Laos, Vietnam (Tonkin and central Annam) and south-eastern China (south-eastern Yunnan east to western Guangxi).
wrayi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1910) - Peninsular Malaysia.
simillima Salvadori, 1879 - Sumatra.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Long-tailed Sibia (Heterophasia picaoides) - 10 files

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