Niltava

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Parvordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Muscicapoidea
Familia: Muscicapidae
Genus: Niltava
Species: N. davidi - N. grandis - N. macgrigoriae - N. sumatrana - N. sundara - N. vivida

Name

Niltava Hodgson, 1837

Reference

The India Review and Journal of Foreign Science and the Arts. 1 p.650

Niltava (from niltau, Nepali for N. sundara)[1] is a genus of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It contains the following species:

* Fujian Niltava (Niltava davidi)
* Large Niltava (Niltava grandis)
* Small Niltava (Niltava macgrigoriae)
* Rufous-vented Niltava (Niltava sumatrana)
* Rufous-bellied Niltava (Niltava sundara)
* Vivid Niltava (Niltava vivida)

References

1. ^ Jobling, James A. (1991). A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Oxford University Press. p. 161. ISBN 0 19 854634 3.

* Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2006). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 849655306X.