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Photo by Neil
Hong Kong, China, March 2005

Myophonus caeruleus

[edit] Identification

33cm

• Dark blue plumage
• White speckled head, back and upper belly
• Dark iris and legs

[edit] Distribution

Asia: found in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, China, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Hong Kong
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra, Java

Subspecies temminckii
Photo by Alok Tewari
Kainchi Ashram, Bhowali, Uttarakhand, India

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

There are 6 subspecies^[1]:

• M. c. temminckii:

• Central Asia to northern India, Pakistan, south-eastern Tibet and Myanmar

• M. c. eugenei:

• North-eastern Assam to southern Myanmar, northern Thailand, south-western China and Indochina

• M. c. caeruleus:

• Western China (Sichuan); winters to southern China and northern Indochina

• M. c. crassirostris:

• Peninsula and extreme south-eastern Thailand to northern Malaysia

• M. c. dichrorhynchus:

• Central and southern Malaysia; winters in the foothills of western Sumatra

• M. c. flavirostris

• Foothills and montane forests of Java

[edit] Habitat

Found in a wide variety of habitats from urban parks and gardens, woodlands and coniferous forests; rocky cliffs and gullies and limestone caves. Has been observed at heights around 4000 feet.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase
3. BF Member observations

• List of references

[edit] External Links

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