Blue Whistling Thrush

Myophonus caeruleus - Arrenga siffleur

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Muscicapidés
Genus
:
Myophonus
Species
:
caeruleus

Descriptor

Scopoli, 1786

Biometrics

Size
: 35 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 136 à 231 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Blue Whistling Thrush (Myophonus caeruleus) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

Myophonus caeruleus caeruleus (c and e China)
Myophonus caeruleus temminckii (mountains of central Asia to wc China and ne Myanmar)
Myophonus caeruleus eugenei (c Myanmar to e Thailand, s China and n and c Indochina)
Myophonus caeruleus crassirostris (se Thailand, Cambodia and n and c Malay Pen.)
Myophonus caeruleus dichrorhynchus (s Malay Pen. and Sumatra)
Myophonus caeruleus flavirostris (Java)

Foreign names

Arrenga siffleur,
Arrenga común,
tordo-assobiador-azul,
Purpurpfeifdrossel,
vízi fütyülőrigó,
Chinese Fluitlijster,
Tordo fischiatore blu,
blå visseltrast,
Blåplystretrost,
hvízdač moriónový,
modravec siný,
Blå Fløjtedrossel,
sinijokirastas,
griva xiuladora comuna,
gwizdokos fioletowy,
lielais svilpējstrazds,
Синяя птица,
Ciung-batu siul,
オオルリチョウ,
紫啸鸫,
นกเอี้ยงถ้ำ,
白斑紫嘯鶇,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Rural Gardens