| Niltava | |
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| Taiwan vivid niltava (Niltava vivida) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Niltava Hodgson, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Niltava sundara[1] Hodgson, 1837 | |
Niltava (fromniltau,Nepali for therufous-bellied niltava) is agenus ofpasserine birds in the Old World flycatcher familyMuscicapidae. They are found in found inSouth andSoutheast Asia as well as in China. The seven species in the genus are sexually dimorphic. The males have blue upperparts and all except thelarge niltava have orange-rufous underparts. The females are less brightly coloured and have brown upperparts and buffish underparts.
The genusNiltava was introduced in 1837 by the English naturalistBrian Hodgson with therufous-bellied niltava (Niltava sundara) as thetype species.[2][3] The genus name is from theNepali wordNiltau for the rufous-bellied niltava.[2][4]
The genus contains the following seven species:[5]
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