| Rufous-backed sibia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Leiothrichidae |
| Genus: | Leioptila Blyth, 1847 |
| Species: | L. annectens
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| Binomial name | |
| Leioptila annectens Blyth, 1847
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| Synonyms | |
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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
References
- 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.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Laughingthrushes and allies". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- 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.