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 LC    Grandala* Id (Atlas):
    Grandala coelicolor

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Grandala, Hodgson's Grandala

Family
Turdidae (Thrushes)

Size
20.50 - 23 cm

First Described (Guide)
Hodgson, 1843

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, high altitude grassland, temperate grassland. From 3,900 - 5,500 m.

Range (Guide)
Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Myanmar, Nepal.

North-western Himalayas east to Bhutan, and central China (eastern Qinghai and south-western Gansu south to northern Yunnan); highland movements as far southern as northern Myanmar in winter.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

 
Grandala (Grandala coelicolor) [XC110771]
     by id from Balang Shan Pass, Sichuan, China (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Position within turdine clade unclear. Highly distinctive, and has been proposed that it merits placement in its own family, Grandalidae. Earlier suggestion of relationship with Sialia now considered very improbable.


References
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Files:
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