Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)
Large Niltava (Niltava grandis) - HBW 11, p. 161
French: Grand Gobemouche
German: Kobaltblauschnäpper
Spanish: Papamoscas Grande
Other common names: Great Niltava
Taxonomy: Chaïtaris grandis Blyth, 1842, Darjeeling, India.
Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- grandis (Blyth, 1842) - Himalayas from C Nepal E to NE India (Arunachal Pradesh S to Assam, Meghalaya and Manipur), S China (SE Xizang and W Yunnan), C Myanmar and N & W Thailand.
- griseiventris La Touche, 1921 - S China (SE Yunnan), NE & C Laos and NW Vietnam.
- decorata Robinson & Kloss, 1919 - SC Vietnam (S Annam).
- decipiens Salvadori, 1892 - S Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Dorsal and front views of a perched male Locality Doi Inthanon National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp grandis)
Josep del Hoyo 5 November 2004 5 years ago 41 sec 4.1 -
A male perched in a tree and flying away Locality Doi Inthanon National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp grandis)
Josep del Hoyo 5 November 2004 5 years ago 35 sec 4 -
A female at dawn Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia
Juan Sanabria 1 August 2010 2 years ago 41 sec 3.3 -
A close-up of a female. Locality Tierpark Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 22 March 2008 4 years ago 26 sec 2.8 -
A close-up of a male perched. Locality Tierpark Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 22 March 2008 4 years ago 23 sec 2.6 -
A female perched on top of a on a plastic pole and flying away Locality Doi Inthanon National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp decipiens)
Stefan Behrens 2004 6 years ago 21 sec 2.3
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A female perched on a branch
Locality Doi Inthanon National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp grandis)
Michael Schmitz 22 February 2013 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.4 -
A male perched on a branch
Locality Doi Inthanon National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp grandis)
Michael Schmitz 22 February 2013 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.1 -
Male perched on a mossy branch near Sessni Camp.
Locality Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Jorge de Leon Cardozo 28 December 2011 1 year ago 3 -
A head of a female.
Locality Tierpark Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 22 March 2008 4 years ago 2.7 -
A head of a male.
Locality Tierpark Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 22 March 2008 4 years ago 2.7
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Male singing. Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia
(ssp decipiens)
Sam Woods 8 June 2008 3 years ago 4
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