White-bellied Blue Robin (Sholicola albiventris) | Photos and ID

NTNear ThreatenedEndemicInvertebrates

RiverineCavity nestSmall · 38 g

White-bellied Blue Robin (Sholicola albiventris), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Paulmathi Vinod, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

White-bellied Blue Robin (Sholicola albiventris), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Nathan Ruser, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

White-bellied Blue Robin (Sholicola albiventris), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Tom Field, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

White-bellied Blue Robin (Sholicola albiventris), photo 7 — Photo: (c) sunnyjosef, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

White-bellied Blue Robin (Sholicola albiventris), photo 8 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

White-bellied Blue Robin (Sholicola albiventris), photo 9 — Photo: (c) kalyanvarma, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

White-bellied Blue Robin (Sholicola albiventris), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Viral joshi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

This chat-like bird is long-legged and appears chunky with its short tail and wing. Although sharing similar habits and shape, the two species differ in plumage and both may show slight sexual dimorphism. Differences in iris colour between the females have been suggested for S. albiventris. The white-bellied blue robin (S. albiventris) has a black face mask with a short whitish brow. The upperside and breast are slaty blue grading to grey on the flanks. The centre of the belly and vent is white.

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When to see the White-bellied Blue Robin

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the White-bellied Blue Robin

Regular range

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India

About the White-bellied Blue Robin

The white-bellied blue robin or white-bellied sholakili, is a bird of the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the Shola forests of the higher hills of southern India. The Nilgiri blue robin and this species were once considered separate species, later lumped as sub-species of a single species (major) and elevated again to full species in 2005 by Pamela C. Rasmussen. The species was earlier thought to be related to the shortwings and placed in the genus Brachypteryx and later moved to Myiomela since species in the genus Brachypteryx show marked sexual dimorphism. In 2017, a study found that this is a sister group of the flycatchers in the genera Niltava, Cyornis and Eumyias among others.

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Easily confused with

Nilgiri Blue RobinSholicola majorThis chat-like bird is long-legged and appears chunky with its short tail and wing.

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