Grey-bellied Tesia
Tesia cyaniventer
2 February 2011
Full Species (monotypic); i.e. no subspecies/races
Tesia cyaniventer Hodgson 1837
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Grey-bellied Tesia, Tesia cyaniventer

WC Himalayas to S. Assam Hills etc.
It much affects the vicinity of tiny water-courses through boulders and dense evergreen forest, and its high, shrill note may be heard mornings and evenings above the ripple of the water. It is exclusively insectivorous (ECS Baker-1922).



Reference:
Rasmussen, P.C. & Anderton, J.C. (2005): Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide (2 Volumes), v.1, p.306, v.2, p.480. Published by Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA and Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.
Baker, E.C.S. (1922): Fauna of British India: Birds (Second Edition), v.1, p.463. Published under the authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council
oates, EW. (1889): The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Birds v.1, p.192. Edited by W.T. Blanford. Published under the authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council
 

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