Heterophasia
| Heterophasia | |
|---|---|
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| Rufous sibia (H. capistrata nigriceps) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Leiothrichidae |
| Genus: | Heterophasia Blyth, 1842 |
| Type species | |
| Heterophasia cuculopsis Blyth, 1842=Sibia picaoides Hodgson, 1839 | |
| Species | |
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Heterophasia, the sibias, is a genus of passerine birds in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae. They are found from the Himalayas to southern China and Sumatra.
Taxonomy
The genus Heterophasia was introduced in 1842 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth to accommodate a single species, Heterophasia cuculopsis Blyth, 1842. This is the type species by monotypy.[1] The species is a junior synonym of Sibia picaoides, the long-tailed sibia, that had been described by Brian Houghton Hodgson in 1839.[2] The name Heterophasia combines the Ancient Greek ἑτερος/heteros meaning "different" with φασις/phasis meaning "appearance".[3]
Species
The genus contains seven species:[4]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Long-tailed sibia | Heterophasia picaoides | Himalayas to Sumatra |
.jpg) | White-eared sibia | Heterophasia auricularis | montane oak forest of Taiwan |
| Rufous sibia | Heterophasia capistrata | Himalayas |
 | Beautiful sibia | Heterophasia pulchella | northeast India to southeast Tibet, north Myanmar and central south China |
 | Grey sibia | Heterophasia gracilis | montane forest of northeastern India, Myanmar, and southern China (western Yunnan) |
 | Dark-backed sibia | Heterophasia melanoleuca | Mainland Southeast Asia |
 | Black-headed sibia | Heterophasia desgodinsi | south China and north Vietnam |
References
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- ↑ Blyth, Edward (1842). "Notes on various Indian and Malayan birds, with descriptions of some presumed new species". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 11 (121): 160-195 [186].
- ↑ Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds. (1964). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 416.
- ↑ Jobling, James A. "Heterophasia". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
- ↑ AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
- Collar, N. J. & Robson C. (2007). Family Picathartidae (Picathartes) 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. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2