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Malabar whistling thrush

Myophonus horsfieldii

हिन्दी: मालाबार सीटीदार कालीचिड़िया (Mālābār sīṭīdār kālīciṛiyā)

On the Rajasthan Board's rare and threatened animals listIUCN: Least Concern
Malabar whistling thrush (Myophonus horsfieldii)

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Scientific name
Myophonus horsfieldii
Hindi name
मालाबार सीटीदार कालीचिड़िया (Mālābār sīṭīdār kālīciṛiyā)
Family
Muscicapidae, order Passeriformes
Group
Bird
Conservation status
Least Concern

A shiny blue singer of shady streams.

  • Spot it Glossy dark blue plumage with bright blue shoulder patches.
  • Home Hill streams and shady ravines.
  • Food web Eats snails, crabs and insects.
  • Why it matters Controls stream-side invertebrates, and shows clean, shaded hill streams.

Read more: Malabar whistling thrush on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanThe Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board lists it among the rare, endangered and threatened animals of Rajasthan, for Mount Abu.[1]

Sources

  1. Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board. List of Rare, Endangered and Threatened Animals of Rajasthan (39 animals, with localities) (government). Official list, published as a PDF.
  2. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
  3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  4. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  5. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

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