Dark-backed Sibia
Heterophasia melanoleuca
黑背奇鹛
Introduction
A bird species in the family Leiothrichidae. Formerly classified as part of the black-headed sibia (Heterophasia desgodinsi). Found in China, Myanmar and Thailand. Inhabits subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Distribution & Habitat
Range includes China, Myanmar and Thailand. Inhabits subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Leiothrichidae
- Genus
- Heterophasia
- eBird Code
- blbsib1
Subspecies (3)
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Heterophasia melanoleuca castanoptera
southeastern Myanmar (Southern Shan State and Karenni State)
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Heterophasia melanoleuca melanoleuca
southern Myanmar and western Thailand
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Heterophasia melanoleuca radcliffei
eastern Myanmar, northwestern Thailand, and northwestern Laos
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.