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Alternative names: White-bellied Blue Robin

Photo by shreeram
ssp albiventris
Eravikulam National Park, Munnar, Kerala, India, April 2011

Brachypteryx albiventris

[edit] Identification

14 cm

• Dark slaty-blue head, breast and upperparts
• Whitish brow over black lores
• Blue-grey flanks and clear-cut white belly and vent

[edit] Distribution

An Indian endemic, only found in the Nilgiri Hills (south of Palghat Gap) in the southwest of the subcontinent.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
It was formerly considered conspecific with Nilgiri Shortwing. Placed in genus Myiomela by Gill and Donsker.

[edit] Habitat

Evergreen and shola forests near streams, also pine, wattle and tea plantations near shola forests.

[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. Rasmussen, PC and JC Anderton. 2005. Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334672
3. Avibase

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