Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)
Rufous-bellied Niltava (Niltava sundara) - HBW 11, p. 160
French: Gobemouche sundara
German: Rotbauch-Blauschnäpper
Spanish: Papamoscas Sundara
Other common names: Beautiful/Black-and-orange/Orange-bellied/Sundara Niltava
Taxonomy: Niltava Sundara Hodgson, 1837, Nepal.
May form a superspecies with N. davidi and N. sumatrana; has previously been considered conspecific with one or both. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- whistleri Ticehurst, 1926 - NW Himalayas of N Pakistan and N India.
- sundara Hodgson, 1837 - C & E Himalayas and S China (SE Xizang, W Yunnan) S to Myanmar (except E & SE).
- denotata Bangs & J. C. Phillips, 1914 - breeds E Myanmar and S China (Shaanxi and W Hubei S to E Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou); non-breeding S to N Thailand and N Indochina.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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eating bird Locality Doi Ang Khang, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp denotata)
Daniêl Jimenez 16 December 2010 1 year ago 39 sec 3.8 -
A male perched in a bush and flying away Locality Yingjiang, Yunnan, China (Southern) (ssp sundara)
Keith Blomerley 7 November 2007 4 years ago 27 sec 3.3 -
Male perched Locality Pokhara, Nepal (ssp sundara)
Greg Baker 5 March 2009 1 year ago 17 sec 3
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A fabulous species
Locality Doi Ang Khang, North Western Thailand, Thailand
Jorge Chinchilla 15 February 2011 23 weeks ago 4.7 -
One of the most beautiful birds found in northern India. Captured this image in Jim Corbett National park .
Locality India
RAM MALLYA 1 March 2010 1 year ago 4.4 -
A male perched
Locality Chester Zoo, Cheshire, England, Great Britain
Jonathan Beilby 5 April 2009 3 years ago 2
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