Cutia nipalensis Hodgson, 1837

Le, Hung Manh, Ho, Thang, Le, Trung Nguyen Thoi, Nguyen, Hoa Ngoc & Nguyen, Thach Dang, 2024, New records of birds from Central Vietnam, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 133721-e 133721 : e133721-

Cutia nipalensis Hodgson, 1837

Cutia nipalensis nipalensis

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceID: 782DEADB-6B0A-53D4-AA87-19DCC6D2D223; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Aves; order: Passeriformes ; family: Leiotrichidae ; genus: Cutia ; Location: country: Vietnam; stateProvince: Nghe An; locality: Ky Son ; verbatimElevation: 2,225 m; verbatimLatitude: 19 ° 14.043 ’ N; verbatimLongitude: 104 ° 05.126 ’ E

Conservation status

Least Concern

Distribution

Himalayan Cutia has been recorded as a scarce to fairly common resident in West Tonkin ( Robson 2008, Craik and Minh 2018, Hung et al. 2021 b). This is the first confirmed record of the species for North Annam, Central Vietnam. Elsewhere, this species has been recorded as a resident in Bhutan, China, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal and Thailand ( IUCN 2024).

Diagnosis

Size: 17-19.5 cm. Male: Bluish-slate crown, black head-sides, rufous-chestnut rest of upperparts, whitish underparts with bold black bars on breast-sides and flanks, wings black with tertials and flight-feathers fringed bluish-grey, flanks and vent washed buff (Fig. 18 ). Female: Like male, but mantle, back and scapulars more olive-brown with broad blackish streaks, dark brown head-sides. Juvenile: Duller than respective adults with browner crown and fainter dark bars on underparts.

Figures

Figure 18. Male Cutia nipalensis (IEBR B. 698) was photographed in the Ky Son area, Nghe An Province.