Babblers (Timaliidae)
Black-headed Sibia (Malacias desgodinsi) - HBW 12, p. 273
French: Sibia de Desgodins
German: Schwarzkopftimalie
Spanish: Sibia Cabecinegra
Other common names: Black-eared Sibia; White-spectacled Sibia (robinsoni)
Taxonomy: Sibia Desgodinsi Oustalet, 1877, Yer-ka-lo, on the Mekong [Lancang Jiang] at c. 29º03'30'' N, Xizang, China.
Genus usually merged with Heterophasia. Until recently treated as conspecific with M. melanoleucus. Birds from NW Yunnan (particularly Lijiang), in S China, described as a further race, tecta, supposedly with more brown on upperparts, but this feature is not constant. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- desgodinsi (Oustalet, 1877) - N Myanmar and SC & SE China (Yunnan, C & S Sichuan, W & N Guizhou, NW Hunan, W Guangxi).
- tonkinensis (Yen Kwokyung, 1934) - extreme N Vietnam (N Tonkin).
- engelbachi (Delacour, 1930) - Bolovens Plateau, in S Laos.
- desgodinsi (Oustalet, 1877) - N Myanmar and SC & SE China (Yunnan, C & S Sichuan, W & N Guizhou, NW Hunan, W Guangxi).
- tonkinensis (Yen Kwokyung, 1934) - extreme N Vietnam (N Tonkin).
- engelbachi (Delacour, 1930) - Bolovens Plateau, in S Laos.
- kingi (J. C. Eames, 2002) - SE Laos and C Vietnam (C Annam).
- robinsoni (Rothschild, 1921) - S Annam, in S Vietnam.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched and then drinking Locality Hong Kong Zoo, Hong Kong
Josep del Hoyo 27 April 2002 5 years ago 25 sec 3.6
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Adult bird at a feeder.
Locality Parrot Park (NOP), Veldhoven, North Brabant Province, Netherlands
Tomasz Doroń 25 June 2009 2 years ago 4 -
One bird perching high in canopy
Locality Kuankuoshui Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China (Southern)
Tomas Grim 20 April 2008 41 weeks ago 2.9
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