Beautiful Sibia (Heterophasia pulchella)

Family
Leiotrichidae (Laughingthrushes And Allies)

Size
21.50 - 23.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Godwin-Austen, 1874)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 1,650 - 3,200 m.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland), India, Myanmar.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (42)...)

Beautiful Sibia (Heterophasia pulchella) [XC891893]
by Lars Lachmann from Thungri, India (alarm call, call)

Beautiful Sibia (Heterophasia pulchella) [XC236525]
by Oscar Campbell from Baihualing, Gaoligongshan, Yunnan, China (song)

Subspecies
Recently treated as monotypic, but subspecies appear quite distinct.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

nigroauritus (Kinnear, 1944) - North-eastern India (western and central Arunachal Pradesh) and adjacent southern China (south-eastern Xizang).
pulchellus (Godwin-Austen, 1874) - North-eastern India (eastern Arunachal Pradesh south to Nagaland), northern Myanmar and southern China (western and north-western Yunnan).

References
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Files:

JPG files for Beautiful Sibia (Heterophasia pulchella) - 10 files

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