Biology:Rufous-backed sibia

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Short description: Species of bird

Rufous-backed sibia
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Leioptila
Blyth, 1847
Species:
L. annectens
Binomial name
Leioptila annectens
Blyth, 1847
Synonyms

Heterophasia annectans

The rufous-backed sibia (Leioptila annectens) is a passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae.

It was formerly placed in the genus Heterophasia but is now the only species in the genus Leioptila.[2]

It is found from the Himalayas to south-central Vietnam.[3] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Leioptila annectens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22716696A94506639. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716696A94506639.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22716696/94506639. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2019). "Laughingthrushes and allies". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/laughingthrushes/. 
  3. Collar, Nigel; Robson, Craig (4 March 2020). "Rufous-backed Sibia (Minla annectens)". Birds of the World. https://www.hbw.com/species/rufous-backed-sibia-leioptila-annectens. 
  • 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q966162 entry