Myophonus caeruleus  (Scopoli, 1786)

Blue Whistling-Thrush
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Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Myophonus
Species: caeruleus
  • Common names: Blue Whistling-Thrush
  • Thai names: นกเอี้ยงถ้ำ
  • Distribution: ​​(by ssp.) [1] [3]
    Myophonus caeruleus caeruleus: W China (Sichuan); winters to s China and n Indochina
    Myophonus caeruleus flavirostris: Foothill and montane forests of Java
    Myophonus caeruleus temminckii: Central Asia to n India, Pakistan, se Tibet and Myanmar
    Myophonus caeruleus eugenei: NE Assam to s Myanmar, n Thailand, sw China and Indochina
    Myophonus caeruleus crassirostris: northern Thai-Malay Peninsula
    Myophonus caeruleus dichrorhynchus: southern Thai-Malay Peninsula and Sumatra
  • IUCN Red List: Least Concern. Population trend unknown. ​[2]
  • Image locations: Chiang Mai (Doi Inthanon N.P.)
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations
Images of Myophonus caeruleus from Thailand.
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Blue whistling thrush Myophonus caeruleus (Scopoli, 1786) Doi Inthanon N.P. Chiang Mai, February 2016
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Blue whistling thrush Myophonus caeruleus (Scopoli, 1786) Doi Inthanon N.P. Chiang Mai, February 2016
References: 
​[1] Avibase - accessed 29 July 2020.

​[2] BirdLife International. 2016. Myophonus caeruleus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22708329A94156601. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22708329A94156601.en. Downloaded on 29 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.