Blue Whistling Thrush
Myophonus caeruleus(Scopoli, GA, 1786)
English (US) Blue Whistling Thrush
The Blue Whistling Thrush (Myophonus caeruleus) 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 Muscicapidae (Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Myophonus caeruleus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blue Whistling Thrush
- Described by
- (Scopoli, GA, 1786)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 6 subspecies for this species.
- Myophonus caeruleus temminckii
- Myophonus caeruleus caeruleus
- Myophonus caeruleus eugenei
- Myophonus caeruleus crassirostris
- Myophonus caeruleus dichrorhynchus
- Myophonus caeruleus flavirostris
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Gracula (caerulea)
- Described by
- (Scopoli, GA, 1786)
- Type locality
- China ; restricted to Canton by Stresemann, 1924, Abh. Ber. Mus. Dresden, 16, no. 2, p. 28.
- Original description
- Deliciae Florae et Faunae Insubricae 2 p.88
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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