Thrushes (Turdidae)

White-bellied Blue Robin (Myiomela albiventris) - HBW 10, p. 776

French: Notodèle à ventre blanc German: Weißbauch-Kurzflügel Spanish: Alicorto Ventriblanco
Other common names: White-bellied/Palni Shortwing; Rufous-bellied Shortwing (when treated as conspecific with M. major)

Taxonomy: Callene albiventris Blanford, 1868, Palni Hills, India.
Until recently considered a member of genus Brachypteryx and treated as conspecific with M. major. Monotypic.

Distribution: S Kerala and W Tamil Nadu, in S India.