Babblers (Timaliidae)

Long-tailed Sibia (Heterophasia picaoides) - HBW 12, p. 271

French: Sibia à longue queue German: Schweiftimalie Spanish: Sibia Colilarga

Taxonomy: Sibia[] Pieaoïdes [sic] Hodgson, 1839, Nepal.
Has sometimes been placed in genus Leioptila. Race cana considered doubtfully valid. Four subspecies currently recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • picaoides (Hodgson, 1839) - C Nepal E to Bhutan, NE India (Arunachal Pradesh), NE Bangladesh, N Myanmar and S China (W Yunnan).
  • cana (Riley, 1929) - E & SE Myanmar (including N Tenasserim), NW & W Thailand, Laos, Vietnam (Tonkin and C Annam) and SE China (SE Yunnan E to W Guangxi).
  • wrayi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1910) - Peninsular Malaysia.
  • simillima Salvadori, 1879 - Sumatra.