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Blue-fronted Robin

Cinclidium frontale Blyth, E 1842

The blue-fronted robin is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Cinclidium. It is found in Bhutan, China, Northeast India, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, and possibly Nepal. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. Source: Wikipedia

Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Muscicapidae
Genus:
   Cinclidium
Scientific:
  Cinclidium frontale

Original description

Citation:
  Blyth, E 1842

Reference:
   J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 11, pt.1, no.122 p.181

Protonym:
  Cinclidium frontale

Type locality:
  Sikkim.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123609#page/215/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  858C33DD10218685

Avibase ID:
  avibase-858C33DD

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/858C33DD

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 559264

Geographic range:

  • Cinclidium frontale frontale: Himalayan foothills of eastern Nepal, Sikkim, and southwestern China
  • Cinclidium frontale orientale: mountains of northwestern Thailand, northern Vietnam (Tonkin), and Laos
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Blue-fronted Robin
Catalan:
rossinyol blau cuallarg
Czech:
modráček modročelý
Danish:
Blåpandet Bambusdrossel
German:
Blauschmätzer
Spanish:
Ruiseñor Frentiazul
Spanish (Spain):
Ruiseñor frentiazul
Finnish:
viidakkoleppälintu
French:
Notodèle à front bleu
Croatian:
plavetni slavuj
Hungarian:
kormos azúrcsuk
Italian:
Pettirosso fronteblu
Japanese (romaji):
ogurokonhitaki
Japanese:
オグロコンヒタキ
Lithuanian:
Ilgauodegė mėlynoji liepsnelė
Dutch:
Blauwvoorhoofdcallene
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Blåpanneskvett
Norwegian:
Blåpanneskvett
Polish:
modroczółka
Portuguese:
pisco-azul-de-testa-celeste
Portuguese (Portugal):
pisco-de-testa-azul
Russian:
Каллене
Slovak:
hvízdač indigový
Serbian:
Himalajska miomela
Swedish:
blåpannad visseltrast
Ukrainian:
Підпаленик синьолобий
Chinese:
蓝额长脚地鸲
Chinese (Traditional):
藍額長腳地鴝

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Notodèle à front bleu ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Notodèle à front bleu ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Blue-fronted Callene ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Blue-fronted Callene ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Long-tailed Blue Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Long-tailed Blue Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Cinclidium frontale [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Cinclidium frontale [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Cinclidium frontale [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Blue-fronted Robin ( Cinclidium frontale) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Cinclidium frontale [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Cinclidium frontale [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Catalan: rossinyol blau cuallarg
Czech: Modrácek modrocelý, modráček modročelý
Danish: Blåpandet Bambusdrossel
German: Blauschmätzer, Blau-Schmätzer, Callene
English: Blue fronted Robin, Blue-fronted Blue Robin, Blue-fronted Callene, Blue-fronted long-legged robin, Blue-fronted long-tailed robin, Blue-fronted Robin, Callene, Long-tailed Blue Robin
English, HBW: Blue-fronted Robin
English (IOC): Blue-fronted Robin
English (United States): Blue-fronted Robin
Esperanto: Blufrunta najtingalo
Spanish: Ruiseñor Frentiazul
Spanish (Spain): Ruiseñor frentiazul
Spanish (HBW): Blue-fronted Robin
Estonian: redusiirak
Finnish: Viidakkoleppälintu
French: Notodèle à front bleu, Traquet à front bleu
Croatian: plavetni slavuj
Hungarian: kormos azúrcsuk
Italian: Callene fronteazzurra, Pettirosso fronteblu
Japanese (romaji): o-guro kon hitaki, ogurokonhitaki
Japanese: オグロコンヒタキ
Japanese (Kanji): 尾黒紺鶲
Scientific: Cinclidium frontale, Cinclidium frontale frontale
Lithuanian: Ilgauodegė mėlynoji liepsnelė
Dutch: Blauwvoorhoofdcallene, Blauwvoorhoofd-callene
Norwegian Nynorsk: Blåpanneskvett
Norwegian: Blåpanneskvett
Polish: modroczółka, pluszanka modroczelna
Pinyin: lán-é cháng-jiǎo dì-qú, lán-é dì-qú
Portuguese: pisco-azul-de-testa-celeste
Portuguese (Portugal): pisco-de-testa-azul
Russian: Каллене, Синелобая горная зарянка
Slovak: hvízdač indigový, modravec modročelý
Serbian: Himalajska miomela
Swedish: Blåpannad bambunäktergal, blåpannad visseltrast
Thai: นกเขนน้ำเงิน
Thai (Transliteration): nók kʰĕen nám-ŋoen
Turkish: Mavi alınlı bülbül
Ukrainian: Підпаленик синьолобий
Vietnamese: Chim Cổ đỏ trán xanh, Chim Oanh mày xanh, Oanh mày xanh
Chinese: 蓝额 地鸲, 蓝额地鸲, 蓝额长脚地鸲
Chinese (Traditional): 藍額地鴝, 藍額長腳地鴝, 鴝

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