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==Identification== | ==Identification== |
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- 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:
- M. c. eugenei:
- M. c. caeruleus:
- M. c. crassirostris:
- M. c. dichrorhynchus:
- 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.
Behaviour
References
- 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.
- Avibase
- BF Member observations
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