White-tailed robin

White-tailed robin
male
female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Cinclidium
Species: C. leucurum
Binomial name
Cinclidium leucurum
(Hodgson, 1845)
Synonyms

Myiomela cambodiana

The white-tailed robin (Cinclidium leucurum) is an Old World flycatcher in the family Muscicapidae. It ranges across the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent and adjacent areas of Southeast Asia. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Close-up of a male's head

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