Black-headed Sibia (Heterophasia desgodinsi)

Other Names (World)
Black-headed Sibia, Black-eared Sibia, White-spectacled Sibia (robinsoni)

Family
Leiotrichidae (Laughingthrushes And Allies)

Size
21.50 - 24.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Oustalet, 1877)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 800 - 2,895 m.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland) (B) (NB), Laos (B) (NB), Vietnam (B) (NB).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (41)...)

Black-headed Sibia (Heterophasia desgodinsi) [XC814265]
by Dave GUO from Wu Wei Temple, Dali, Yunnan, China (song)

Black-headed Sibia (Heterophasia desgodinsi) [XC111180]
by jon hornbuckle from nr Wanmu Dujuanyan, east of Lijiang, Yunnan, China (song)

Subspecies
Heterophasia melanoleuca (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Dark-backed Sibia (Heterophasia melanoleuca) and Black-headed Sibia (Heterophasia desgodinsi) following Collar (2006).

Until recently treated as conspecific with Dark-backed Sibia (Heterophasia melanoleuca). Birds from north-western Yunnan (particularly Lijiang), in southern China, described as a further subspecies, tecta, supposedly with more brown on upperparts, but this feature is not constant.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

desgodinsi (Oustalet, 1877) - Northern Myanmar and south-central and south-eastern China (Yunnan, central and southern Sichuan, western and northern Guizhou, north-western Hunan, western Guangxi).
tonkinensis (Yen, 1934) - Extreme northern Vietnam (northern Tonkin).
engelbachi (Delacour, 1930) - Bolovens Plateau, in southern Laos.
kingi Eames, JC, 2002 - South-eastern Laos and central Vietnam (central Annam).
robinsoni (Rothschild, 1921) - Southern Annam, in southern Vietnam.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-headed Sibia (Heterophasia desgodinsi) - 10 files

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