Beautiful Sibia
Heterophasia pulchella(Godwin-Austen, HH, 1874)
English (US) Beautiful Sibia
The Beautiful Sibia (Heterophasia pulchella) 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 pulchella
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Beautiful Sibia
- Described by
- (Godwin-Austen, HH, 1874)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Heterophasia pulchella nigroaurita
- Heterophasia pulchella pulchella
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Sibia pulchella
- Described by
- (Godwin-Austen, HH, 1874)
- Type locality
- Barail Range, Assam.
- Original description
- The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.4, vol.13, no.74 p.160
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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