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{{Short description|Genus of birds}}
{{Taxobox
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| name = ''Niltava''
| image = Niltava vivida.jpg
| image = Niltava vivida.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Niltava vivida]]''
| image_caption = [[Taiwan vivid niltava]] (''Niltava vivida'')
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| taxon = Niltava
| authority = [[Brian Houghton Hodgson|Hodgson]], 1837
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| type_species = ''[[Rufous-bellied niltava|Niltava sundara]]''<ref name=HM4>{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=183 |title= Muscicapidae |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-15}}</ref>
| classis = [[Aves]]
| type_species_authority = Hodgson, 1837
| ordo = [[Passeriformes]]
| familia = [[Muscicapidae]]
| genus = '''''Niltava'''''
| genus_authority = [[Brian Houghton Hodgson|Hodgson]], 1837
}}
}}

'''''Niltava''''' (from ''niltau'', [[Nepali language|Nepali]] for ''N. sundara'')<ref>{{Cite book| last = Jobling| first = James A.| title = A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names| publisher = Oxford University Press| location = | year = 1991| page = 161| isbn = 0 19 854634 3 }}</ref> is a genus of [[bird]] in the [[Muscicapidae]] family. It contains the following species:
'''''Niltava''''' (from ''niltau'', [[Nepali language|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 Asia|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.
* [[Fujian Niltava]] (''Niltava davidi'')

* [[Large Niltava]] (''Niltava grandis'')
==Taxonomy==
* [[Small Niltava]] (''Niltava macgrigoriae'')
The genus ''Niltava'' was introduced in 1837 by the English naturalist [[Brian Houghton Hodgson|Brian Hodgson]] with the [[rufous-bellied niltava]] (''Niltava sundara'') as the [[type species]].<ref name=hodgson>{{ cite journal | last=Hodgson | first=Brian Houghton | author-link=Brian Houghton Hodgson | date=1837 | title=Indication of a new genus of insessores, tending to connect the Sylviadae and Muscicapidae | journal=India Review and Journal of Foreign Science and the Arts | volume=1 | pages=650–652 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52653011 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite book | editor1-last=Mayr | editor1-first=Ernst | editor1-link=Ernst Mayr | editor2-last=Cottrell | editor2-first=G. William | year=1986 | title=Check-List of Birds of the World | volume=11 | publisher=Museum of Comparative Zoology | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts | page=355 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14484056 }}</ref> The genus name is from the [[Nepali language|Nepali]] word ''Niltau'' for the rufous-bellied niltava.<ref name=hodgson/><ref>{{cite book | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year=2010| title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-1-4081-2501-4 | page=272 | url=https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n272/mode/1up }}</ref>
* [[Rufous-vented Niltava]] (''Niltava sumatrana'')

* [[Rufous-bellied Niltava]] (''Niltava sundara'')
The genus contains the following seven species:<ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela C. Rasmussen | date=July 2023 | title=Chats, Old World flycatchers | work=IOC World Bird List Version 13.2 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/chats/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=28 November 2023}}</ref>
* [[Vivid Niltava]] (''Niltava vivida'')

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* [[Fujian niltava]] (''Niltava davidi'')
* [[Rufous-bellied niltava]] (''Niltava sundara'')
* [[Rufous-vented niltava]] (''Niltava sumatrana'')
*[[Chinese vivid niltava]] (''Niltava oatesi'')<ref>{{Cite web|title=Species Updates – IOC World Bird List|url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/updates/species-updates/|access-date=2021-05-27|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Taiwan vivid niltava]] (''Niltava vivida'')
* [[Large niltava]] (''Niltava grandis'')
* [[Small niltava]] (''Niltava macgrigoriae'')


==References==
==References==
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{{Reflist}}
* '''Del Hoyo''', J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2006). ''[[Handbook of the Birds of the World]]''. Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 849655306X.
* Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2006). ''[[Handbook of the Birds of the World]]''. Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions. {{ISBN|84-96553-06-X}}.


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Latest revision as of 12:57, 14 September 2024

Niltava
Taiwan vivid niltava (Niltava vivida)
Scientific classification Edit this 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 (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.

Taxonomy

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The genus Niltava was introduced in 1837 by the English naturalist Brian Hodgson with the rufous-bellied niltava (Niltava sundara) as the type species.[2][3] The genus name is from the Nepali word Niltau for the rufous-bellied niltava.[2][4]

The genus contains the following seven species:[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Muscicapidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  2. ^ a b Hodgson, Brian Houghton (1837). "Indication of a new genus of insessores, tending to connect the Sylviadae and Muscicapidae". India Review and Journal of Foreign Science and the Arts. 1: 650–652.
  3. ^ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 355.
  4. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 272. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-05-27.