Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Niltava
Small Niltava
Niltava macgrigoriae · 小仙鹟
Introduction
A species in the family Muscicapidae native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Description
Males of the subspecies N. m. signata tend to have a greyer belly and underside than the nominate subspecies.
Distribution & Habitat
Found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam. The nominate subspecies occurs in the central and western Himalayas from Uttarakhand to Sikkim and West Bengal. Subspecies N. m. signata is found in Northeast India, Myanmar, southern China, north Thailand, and continental Southeast Asia, with non-breeding individuals also present in coastal Guangdong.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Genus
- Niltava
Subspecies (2)
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Niltava macgrigoriae macgrigoriae
Himalayas of Nepal to southern China and northeastern India (Darjeeling)
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.
