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| − | [[Image:Blue_Whistling_Thrush.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Neil|Neil}}<br />[[Hong Kong]], [[China]], March 2005]] | ||
;[[:Category:Myophonus|Myophonus]] caeruleus | ;[[:Category:Myophonus|Myophonus]] caeruleus | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
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*Dark blue plumage | *Dark blue plumage | ||
*White speckled head, back and upper belly | *White speckled head, back and upper belly | ||
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[[Asia]]: found in [[Kazakhstan]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Afghanistan]], [[China]], [[Tibet]], [[Inner Mongolia]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], Eastern and Western [[Himalayas]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]] and [[Hong Kong]]<br /> | [[Asia]]: found in [[Kazakhstan]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Afghanistan]], [[China]], [[Tibet]], [[Inner Mongolia]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], Eastern and Western [[Himalayas]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]] and [[Hong Kong]]<br /> | ||
'''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], [[Indonesia]], [[Greater Sundas]], [[Sumatra]], [[Java]] | '''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], [[Indonesia]], [[Greater Sundas]], [[Sumatra]], [[Java]] | ||
| − | [[Image:Myophonus caeruleus temminckii.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies temminckii<br />Photo by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />Kainchi Ashram, Bhowali, Uttarakhand, [[India]]]] | + | [[Image:Myophonus caeruleus temminckii.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies temminckii<br />Photo © by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />Kainchi Ashram, Bhowali, Alt. 4800 ft., Uttarakhand [[Himalayas]], [[India]], April-2011]] |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
====Subspecies==== | ====Subspecies==== | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | Commonly flicks tail and perches in exposed areas. Call is a high, piercing whistle. | ||
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| + | Their main diet consists of invertebrates, such as ants, slugs, snails, crabs, froglets, dung beetles, cockchafer larvae and water beetles. | ||
| + | ====Vocalisation==== | ||
| + | {{ Audio|Blue_whistling_thrush_2_song.mp3 }} | ||
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| + | Call recorded before day-break, at 5 am; Nainital, Uttarakhand Himalayas, Alt. 6600 ft, India; April-2011<br /> | ||
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| + | Both recordings by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br /> | ||
| + | Dwarahat, Alt. 5500 ft., Almora, Uttarakhand Himalayas, [[India]], Oct.-2016<br /> | ||
| + | Morning song by one individual. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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#BF Member observations | #BF Member observations | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | {{GSearch|Myophonus | + | {{GSearch|"Myophonus caeruleus" {{!}} "Blue Whistling Thrush"}} |
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Latest revision as of 23:42, 12 February 2023
- Myophonus caeruleus
Identification
29–35 cm (11½-13¾ in)
- Dark blue plumage
- White speckled head, back and upper belly
- Dark iris and legs
Distribution
Asia: found in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, China, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Hong Kong
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra, Java
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Kainchi Ashram, Bhowali, Alt. 4800 ft., Uttarakhand Himalayas, India, April-2011
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 6 subspecies[1]:
- 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. Also found in islands off the Thai peninsula.
Behaviour
Commonly flicks tail and perches in exposed areas. Call is a high, piercing whistle.
Diet
Their main diet consists of invertebrates, such as ants, slugs, snails, crabs, froglets, dung beetles, cockchafer larvae and water beetles.
Vocalisation
Call recorded before day-break, at 5 am; Nainital, Uttarakhand Himalayas, Alt. 6600 ft, India; April-2011
Both recordings by Alok Tewari
Dwarahat, Alt. 5500 ft., Almora, Uttarakhand Himalayas, India, Oct.-2016
Morning song by one individual.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Blue Whistling Thrush. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blue_Whistling_Thrush
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1
