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- Tesia olivea
Identification
Slaty-bellied Tesia have size 9 cm. Adult : look like Grey-bellied Tesis but forecrown or most crown washed golden-yellow,underparts uniform dark slaty-grey, orange to orange-yellow lower mandible.Sometime has quite dull crown and hint of brighter supercilium.
Distribution
Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. .
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:
- T. o. olivea: eastern Nepal and northeastern India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh) east to southern China (southeastern Xizang, south central Sichuan, Yunnan, eastern Guizhou, and eastern Guangxi) and northeastern Myanmar
- T. o. chiangmaiensis: northwestern Thailand, northern and central Laos, and northern Vietnam
Habitat
Live in Rainforest and undergrowth inbroadleaved everygreen forest,particularly near streams,700-2565 m,locally down to 455 m. in winter.
Behaviour
Slaty-bellied Tesia live in undergrowth and alway walk on the ground.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Birds of Thailand and South-east Asia by Craig Robson
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Slaty-bellied Tesia. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Slaty-bellied_Tesia
