Himalayan Cutia

Cutia nipalensis

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCup nestSmall · 47 g

When to see the Himalayan Cutia

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Himalayan Cutia

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 8 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Laos.

About the Himalayan Cutia

The Himalayan cutia is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae. Its scientific name ultimately means "the khutya from Nepal", as Cutia is derived from the Nepali name for these birds, and nipalensis is Latin for "from Nepal".

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