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.

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) [XC146218]
by Marc Anderson from Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Malaysia (call, song)

Long-tailed Sibia (Heterophasia picaoides) [XC794540]
by Lim Ying Hien from Bao Shan Shi, Yun Nan Sheng, China (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:

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