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The white-eared sibia is an elegant, long-tailed babbler, 22 to 24 cm (8.7–9.4 in) long and weighing an average of 40–50 g (1.4–1.8 oz). The head is black with a conspicuous white stripe through the eye, and the stripe ends in long white filamentous plumes. The wings and tail are deep blue-black, with a noticeable white wingbar. The upper back and breast is dark grey, and the belly and rump are deep rufous chestnut. The bill is black and the legs brown-flesh coloured. Both the sexes are alike, and the plumage of juvenile birds hasn't been described.
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When to see the White-eared Sibia
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the White-eared Sibia
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the White-eared Sibia
The white-eared sibia is a bird in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae. The species is sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Malacias. It was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1864. There are no subspecies.
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Easily confused with
Rufous SibiaHeterophasia capistrataThe rufous sibia is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
Beautiful SibiaHeterophasia pulchellaThe beautiful sibia is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
Long-tailed SibiaHeterophasia picaoidesThe long-tailed sibia is a species of Leiothrichidae from Southeast Asia.
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