Grey sibia | |
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In Lengteng Wildlife Sanctuary, Mizoram, India | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Leiothrichidae |
Genus: | Heterophasia |
Species: | H. gracilis |
Binomial name | |
Heterophasia gracilis (Horsfield, 1840) | |
The image shows the range of the Gray Sibia. |
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H. gracilis may refer to:
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