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.