Black-headed sibia

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Black-headed sibia
In Doi Inthanon NP, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Heterophasia
Species:
H. desgodinsi
Binomial name
Heterophasia desgodinsi
(Oustalet, 1877)
Synonyms[2]

Malacias desgodinsi

The black-headed sibia (Heterophasia desgodinsi) is a

Leiothrichidae. In former times it was often included with the dark-backed sibia in H. melanoleuca. Together with most other sibias, it is sometimes separated in the genus
Malacias.

It is found in

montane forests
.

References

  • Collar, N. J. & Robson C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.