MUSCICAPIDAE
LARGE NILTAVA

Location : Pahang
Date : 4 May 2022

20–21.5 cm Male grandis: Dark blue above, lighter crown/neck/rump, mostly blue-black below.Female: Light blue neck-patch, brown below with buffish throat-patch. Juvenile male: Like juvenile female but mostly blue wings/tail, soon shows blue patches above.Juvenile female: Black tips and buff to rufous-buff spots above, deep rich buff and narrowly scaled blackish below (paler throat-centre/vent).Female decorata (S Annam): Darker blue neck-patch, shining blue crown and nape. Other subspecies N.g.decipiens (S Thailand, Pen Malaysia; N Laos[or unnamed race]): Recalls decorata but bluish-slate crown/nape. VOICE Ascending soft, whistled (usually 3–4 note): uu-uu-du-di or uu’uu’di etc. Rasping rattles and soft chu-ii, (ii higher). HABITAT Broadleaved evergreen forest; 900–2,565 m, locally to 450 m in winter (above 1,220 m in Pen Malaysia). RANGE F/c R (except SW,C Myanmar, C Thailand, Singapore, Cochinchina).