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Photo by Rajiv Lather
Mussoorie Hills, India, June 2006

Culicicapa ceylonensis

Distribution

Asia: China, Tibet, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Hong Kong
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula, Brunei, Singapore, Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sundas and Bali. Pakistan, central India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

• C. c. calochrysea:

• Pakistan to northern India, southern China, Myanmar, Malaysia and Indochina

• C. c. ceylonensis:

• Southern India and Sri Lanka to Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Palawan

• C. c. sejuncta:

• Western Lesser Sundas (Lombok and Flores)

• C. c. connectens:

• Sumba (westerm Lesser Sundas)

An additional subspecies antioxantha is not recognised by all authorities^[2].

Behaviour

Vocalisation

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Recording by Andrew Whitehouse
Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka, July 2010

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase

• List of references

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