WHISTLING-THRUSH

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The 'whistling-thrushes' comprise a genus ''Myophonus'' of the thrush family Turdidae.
They are all medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds. They are all brightly coloured species found in India and southeast Asia. The male is usually blue, and the females are either similar to the male or brown.
The brighter blue patches found on the shoulders and sometimes the head, of whistling thrushes, uniquely for a passerine, reflect strongly in the ultraviolet.
Many of the species are confined to single islands or countries.
Species:

★ Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush, ''Myophonus blighi'', found on Sri Lanka

★ Shiny Whistling-hrush, ''Myophonus melanurus'', Sumatra

★ Chestnut-winged Whistling-thrush, ''Myophonus castaneus'', Sumatra

★ Javan Whistling-thrush ''Myophonus glaucinus'', Java

★ Bornean Whistling-thrush ''Myophonus borneensis'', Borneo

★ Malayan Whistling-thrush, ''Myophonus robinsoni'', peninsular Malaysia

★ Malabar Whistling-thrush, ''Myophonus horsfieldii'', peninsular India

★ Formosan Whistling-thrush or Taiwan Whistling-thrush, ''Myophonus insularis'', Taiwan

★ Blue Whistling-thrush, ''Myophonus caeruleus'', from Central Asia east to China and south to the Sundas
Javan, Bornean and Chestnut-winged were formerly lumped as Sunda Whistling-thrush, but split by Collar (2004).

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References

★ ''Thrushes'' by Clement and Hathaway, ISBN 0-7136-3940-7

★ Collar, N. J. (2004) Species limits in some Indonesian thrushes ''Forktail'' 20:71-87