Large niltava

The large niltava is a species of bird in the Old world flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical montane forests.

Taxonomy

The large niltava was formally described in 1842 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth based on specimens collected in Darjeeling, India. He coined the binomial name Chaïtaris grandis. The large niltava is now placed with six other niltavas in the genus Niltava that was introduced in 1837 by the English naturalist Brian [Houghton Hodgson|Brian Hodgson].
Four subspecies are recognised:

N. g. grandis – east Himalayas to southwest China, central Myanmar and north, west Thailand
N. g. griseiventris John David Digues [La Touche|La Touche], 1921 – south China and north Indochina
N. g. decorata Robinson & Kloss, 1919 – central south Vietnam
N. g. decipiens Salvadori, 1891 – montane Malay Peninsula and Sumatra