White-tailed robin

White-tailed robin
male
female
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Myiomela
Species:	M. leucura
Binomial name
Myiomela leucura (Hodgson, 1845)
Synonyms
Cinclidium cambodiana Cinclidium leucurum

The white-tailed robin (Myiomela leucura) is an Old World flycatcher in the family Muscicapidae. It ranges across the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent and adjacent areas of Southeast Asia. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Gallery

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  White-tailed robin from Neora Valley National Park in Darjeeling, West Bengal
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  Close-up of a male's head
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  In Phoolchoki Forest, Godawari, Lalitpur Nepal.

References

1. BirdLife International (2017). "Myiomela leucura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103768823A111165982. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103768823A111165982.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

• BirdLife International 2014. [1]. 2012 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Accessed on 19 July 2014.