Large niltava
| Large niltava | |
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| Male from Sumatra, Indonesia | |
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| Female from Sumatra, Indonesia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Niltava |
| Species: | N. grandis
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| Binomial name | |
| Niltava grandis (Blyth, 1842)
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The large niltava (Niltava grandis) is a species of bird in the Old world flycatcher family
montane forests
.
Taxonomy
The large niltava was
binomial name Chaïtaris grandis.[2][3] The large niltava is now placed with six other niltavas in the genus Niltava that was introduced in 1837 by the English naturalist Brian Hodgson.[4]
Four subspecies are recognised:[4]
- N. g. grandis (Blyth, 1842) – east Himalayas to southwest China, central Myanmar and north, west Thailand
- N. g. griseiventris La Touche, 1921 – south China and north Indochina
- N. g. decorata Robinson & Kloss, 1919 – central south Vietnam
- N. g. decipiens Salvadori, 1891 – montane Malay Peninsula and Sumatra
Gallery
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Male Fraser's Hill, Malaysia 1997
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on nest, Thailand
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References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Blyth, Edward (1842). "Notes on various Indian and Malayan birds, with descriptions of some presumed new species". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 11 (121): 160-195 [189].
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 356.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
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