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Malabar Whistling Thrush

Myophonus horsfieldiiVigors, NA, 1831

English (US) Malabar Whistling Thrush

The Malabar Whistling Thrush (Myophonus horsfieldii) 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.

Range: swift flowing rocky streams of peninsular IndiaRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Myophonus horsfieldii
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Malabar Whistling Thrush
Described by
Vigors, NA, 1831

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Myophonus Horsfieldii
Described by
Vigors, NA, 1831
Type locality
Himalayan mountains ; restricted to Malabar by Baker, 1923, Hand-list Indian Birds, p. 93.
Original description
Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1, no.3 p.35

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 352 species of the family Muscicapidae