Rufous-backed sibia

Rufous-backed sibia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Leiothrichidae
Genus:	Leioptila Blyth, 1847
Species:	L. annectens
Binomial name
Leioptila annectens Blyth, 1847
Synonyms
Heterophasia annectans

The rufous-backed sibia (Leioptila annectens) is a passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae.

It was formerly placed in the genus Heterophasia but is now the only species in the genus Leioptila. ^[2]

It is found from the Himalayas to south-central Vietnam. ^[3] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Leioptila annectens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22716696A94506639. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716696A94506639.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Laughingthrushes and allies". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
3. Collar, Nigel; Robson, Craig (4 March 2020). "Rufous-backed Sibia (Minla annectens)". Birds of the World.

• Collar, N. J. & Robson C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World , Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.