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Heterophasia melanoleuca Dark-backed Sibia.jpg

Heterophasia melanoleuca  (Blyth, 1859)

​Dark-backed Sibia

Home > Birds​ > Heterophasia melanoleuca
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Heterophasia
Species: melanoleuca

  • Common names: Dark-backed Sibia
  • Thai names: นกหางรำดำ
  • Distribution: ​​(by ssp.) [1] [3]
    Heterophasia melanoleuca [melanoleuca or radcliffei]: E Myanmar to nw Thailand
    Heterophasia melanoleuca castanoptera: SE Myanmar (Southern Shan State and Karenni State)
  • IUCN Red List: Least Concern. Population decreasing. ​[2]
  • Image locations: Chiang Mai (Doi Inthanon N.P.)
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations

Images of Heterophasia melanoleuca from Thailand.
Dark-backed sibia, Heterophasia melanoleuc.jpg
Dark-backed sibia Heterophasia melanoleuca (Blyth, 1859) Doi Inthanon N.P. Chiang Mai, February 2016

References: 
​[1] Avibase - accessed 22 July 2020.

​[2] BirdLife International. 2016. Heterophasia melanoleuca. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22735192A95105354. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22735192A95105354.en. Downloaded on 22 July 2020.
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​​[3] Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ on 03 August 2020.
Please note that individual species identifications do not necessarily represent the opinion of all contributors.

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