Niltavas
Niltava
Niltava (from niltau, Nepali for the rufous-bellied niltava) is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. They are found in found in South and Southeast Asia as well as in China. The seven species in the genus are sexually dimorphic. The males have blue upperparts and all except the large niltava have orange-rufous underparts. The females are less brightly coloured and have brown upperparts and buffish underparts.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species
Large Niltava
speciesNiltava grandis
Taiwan Vivid Niltava
speciesNiltava vivida
Rufous-bellied Niltava
speciesNiltava sundara
Small Niltava
speciesNiltava macgrigoriae
Fujian Niltava
speciesNiltava davidi
Chinese Vivid Niltava
speciesNiltava oatesi
Rufous-vented Niltava
speciesNiltava sumatrana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 12804.