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Ceylon Whistling-Thrush

Myophonus blighi (Holdsworth, EWH 1872)

The Sri Lanka whistling thrush is a whistling thrush in the family Muscicapidae. It is a resident endemic bird in Sri Lanka. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Muscicapidae
Genus:
   Myophonus
Scientific:
  Myophonus blighi


Original description

Citation:
  (Holdsworth, EWH 1872)

Reference:
   Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1872, Part 2 p. 444 pl.19

Protonym:
  Arrenga blighi

Type locality:
  'Nuwara Eliya' ; corrected to banks of the Lemastota oya, 4,200 ft., Haputale District (Uva), by Legge, 1880, Birds Ceylon, p. 464.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90880#page/506/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  F7B59EF70474112B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-F7B59EF7

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/F7B59EF7


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 916140


ENDANGERED

Geographic range:

  • Myophonus blighi: Mountain ravines of Sri Lanka
English:
Ceylon Whistling-Thrush
Catalan:
griva xiuladora de Sri Lanka
Czech:
modravec srílanský
Danish:
Sri Lanka-fløjtedrossel
German:
Ceylonpfeifdrossel
Spanish:
Arrenga de Ceilán
Spanish (Spain):
Arrenga de Ceilán
Finnish:
srilankanjokirastas
French:
Arrenga de Ceylan
Croatian:
cejlonski kamenjar
Hungarian:
ceyloni fütyülőrigó
Italian:
Tordo fischiatore di Sri Lanka
Japanese (romaji):
seironrurichou
Japanese:
セイロンルリチョウ
Lithuanian:
Šrilankinė mėlynpaukštė
Dutch:
Ceylonfluitlijster
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Veddaplystretrast
Norwegian:
Veddaplystretrost
Polish:
gwizdokos cejloński
Portuguese:
tordo-assobiador-cingalês
Portuguese (Portugal):
tordo-assobiador-do-ceilão
Russian:
Ланкийская синяя птица
Slovak:
hvízdač cejlónsky
Serbian:
Drozd zviždač sa Šri Lanke
Swedish:
ceylonvisseltrast
Ukrainian:
Аренга цейлонська
Chinese:
斯里兰卡啸鸫
Chinese (Traditional):
布萊氏紫嘯鶇


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Ceylon Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Ceylon Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Ceylon Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Ceylon Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Ceylon Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Ceylon Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Ceylon Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Ceylon Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Ceylon Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Ceylon Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Arrenga de Ceylan ( Myophonus blighi)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Arrenga de Ceylan ( Myiophoneus blighi)
Clements 1st edition:
Ceylon Whistling-Thrush ( Myiophoneus blighi)
Clements, version 2021:
Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Clements, version 2022:
Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Clements, version 2023:
Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Clements 3rd edition:
Ceylon Whistling-Thrush ( Myiophoneus blighi)
Clements 4th edition:
Ceylon Whistling-Thrush ( Myiophonus blighi)
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Ceylon Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Ceylon Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Ceylon Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Ceylon Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Ceylon Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Clements, version 2015:
Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Clements, version 2016:
Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Clements, version 2017:
Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Clements, version 2018:
Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Clements, version 2019:
Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
eBird version 1.50:
Ceylon Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
eBird version 1.52:
Ceylon Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
eBird version 1.53:
Ceylon Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
eBird version 1.54:
Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
eBird version 1.55:
Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
eBird version 2015:
Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
eBird version 2016:
Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
eBird version 2017:
Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
eBird version 2018:
Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
eBird version 2019:
Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
eBird version 2021:
Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
eBird version 2022:
Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
eBird version 2023:
Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Ceylon Whistling Thrush ( Myiophoneus blighi)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Ceylon Whistling Thrush ( Myiophoneus blighi)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Ceylon Whistling-Thrush ( Myiophoneus blighi)
Oriental Bird Club:
Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Myiophoneus blighi
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Myiophoneus blighi
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Myiophoneus blighi
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Ceylon Whistling-Thrush ( Myiophonus blighi)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Ceylon Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush ( Myophonus blighi)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Myophonus blighi
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Myophonus blighi

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Catalan: griva xiuladora de Sri Lanka
Czech: modravec srílanský, Skalník Blighuv
Danish: Sri Lanka-fløjtedrossel
German: Ceylon Pfeifdrossel, Ceylonpfeifdrossel
English: Blyth's Whistling Thrush, Ceylon Whistling Thrush, Ceylon whistling trush, Ceylon Whistling-Thrush, Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush, Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush
English, HBW: Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush
English (IOC): Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush
English (United States): Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush
Spanish: Arrenga de Ceilán
Spanish (Spain): Arrenga de Ceilán
Spanish (HBW): Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush
Estonian: tseiloni jõgisiirak
Finnish: Ceyloninjokirastas, srilankanjokirastas
French: Arrenga de Ceylan, Arrenga du Sri Lanka, Merle siffleur de Ceylan
Croatian: cejlonski kamenjar
Hungarian: ceyloni fütyülőrigó
Italian: Tordo fischiatore di Sri Lanka, Tordo zufolatore di Sri Lanka
Japanese (romaji): seironrurichou
Japanese: セイロンルリチョウ
Scientific: Arrenga blighi, Myiophoneus blighi, Myiophonus blighi, Myophonus blighi
Lithuanian: Šrilankinė mėlynpaukštė
Dutch: Ceylonfluitlijster, Ceylon-fluitlijster
Norwegian Nynorsk: Veddaplystretrast
Norwegian: Veddaplystretrost
Polish: gwizdokos cejlonski, gwizdokos cejloński
Portuguese: tordo-assobiador-cingalês
Portuguese (Portugal): tordo-assobiador-do-ceilão
Russian: Ланкийская синяя птица, Цейлонская синяя птица, Шриланкийский свистящий дрозд
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Sri Lanka Uruwan-thirasikaya
Slovak: hvízdač cejlónsky
Serbian: Drozd zviždač sa Šri Lanke
Swedish: Ceylonvisseltrast
Turkish: Seylan Islıkçı Bülbülü, Seylan ıslıkçı bülbülü
Ukrainian: Аренга цейлонська
Chinese: 斯里兰卡啸鸫
Chinese (Traditional): 布萊氏紫嘯鶇

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