Nilgiri Blue Robin
Sholicola major(Jerdon, TC, 1841)
English (US) Nilgiri Blue Robin
The Nilgiri Blue Robin (Sholicola major) 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: peninsular India (Nilgiri Hills of Mysore and western Madras)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sholicola major
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Nilgiri Blue Robin
- Described by
- (Jerdon, TC, 1841)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Phoenicura major
- Described by
- (Jerdon, TC, 1841)
- Type locality
- Nilgiris.
- Original description
- Madras Journal of Literature and Science 13, pt.1, no.30 p.170
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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