Babblers (Timaliidae)
Beautiful Sibia (Malacias pulchellus) - HBW 12, p. 273
French: Sibia superbe
German: Blaukopftimalie
Spanish: Sibia Bonita
Taxonomy: Sibia pulchella Godwin-Austen, 1874, Barail Range, Assam, India.
Genus usually merged with Heterophasia. Recently treated as monotypic, but races appear quite distinct. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nigroauritus (Kinnear, 1944) - NE India (W & C Arunachal Pradesh) and adjacent S China (SE Xizang).
- pulchellus (Godwin-Austen, 1874) - NE India (E Arunachal Pradesh S to Nagaland), N Myanmar and S China (W & NW Yunnan).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird at a tree trunk and, then, perched. Locality Arunachal Pradesh, India
John Gregory 31 March 2007 4 years ago 29 sec 3.6
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Individual perching.
Locality Lama Camp, Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Jorge de Leon Cardozo 30 December 2010 1 year ago 2.5
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