Dark-backed Sibia

Dark-backed Sibia
Dark-backed Sibia
juvenile
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Timaliidae
Genus: Heterophasia
Species: H. melanoleuca
Binomial name
Heterophasia melanoleuca
(Blyth, 1859)

The Dark-backed Sibia (Heterophasia melanoleuca) is a bird species in the family Timaliidae. In former times it was included the Black-headed Sibia, H. desgodinsi. Together with most other sibias, it is sometimes separated in the genus Malacias. It is found in China, Myanmar and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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