Dark-backed Sibia
Heterophasia melanoleuca(Blyth, E, 1859)
English (US) Dark-backed Sibia
The Dark-backed Sibia (Heterophasia melanoleuca) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Leiothrichidae (Laughingthrushes and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Heterophasia melanoleuca
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Dark-backed Sibia
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1859)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Heterophasia melanoleuca radcliffei
- Heterophasia melanoleuca castanoptera
- Heterophasia melanoleuca melanoleuca
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Sibia melanoleuca
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1859)
- Type locality
- Tenasserim; type from Mulayit Taung [lat. 16° ir N., long. 98° 32' E.], fide Tickell, 1859, ibid., 28, p. 451.
- Original description
- Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 28, no.4 p.413
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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