Blue Whistling Thrush

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Photo by Neil
Hong Kong, China, March 2005

Myophonus caeruleus

Identification

33cm

• Dark blue plumage
• White speckled head, back and upper belly
• Dark iris and legs

Distribution

Asia: found in Turkestan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, China, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Hong Kong, Macau
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra, Java

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

There are 6 subspecies:

• M. c. temminckii:

• Central Asia to northern India, Pakistan, south-eastern Tibet and Myanmar

• M. c. eugenei:

• North-eastern Assam to southern Myanmar, northern Thailand, south-western China and Indochina

• M. c. caeruleus:

• Western China (Sichuan); winters to southern China and northern Indochina

• M. c. crassirostris:

• Peninsula and extreme south-eastern Thailand to northern Malaysia

• M. c. dichrorhynchus:

• Central and southern Malaysia; winters in the foothills of western Sumatra

• M. c. flavirostris

• Foothills and montane forests of Java

Habitat

Found in a wide variety of habitats from urban parks and gardens, woodlands and coniferous forests; rocky cliffs and gullies and limestone caves. Has been observed at heights around 4000 feet.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Blue Whistling Thrush. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blue_Whistling_Thrush

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