Niltava

Niltava: Niltava

Niltava vivida

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Muscicapidae

Genus: Niltava
Hodgson, 1837

Niltava (from niltau, Nepali for N. sundara)^[1] is a genus of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It contains the following species:

Fujian Niltava (Niltava davidi)

Large Niltava (Niltava grandis)

Small Niltava (Niltava macgrigoriae)

Rufous-vented Niltava (Niltava sumatrana)

Rufous-bellied Niltava (Niltava sundara)

Vivid Niltava (Niltava vivida)

References

^ Jobling, James A. (1991). A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Oxford University Press. p. 161. ISBN 0 19 854634 3.

Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2006). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 849655306X.

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