| Blue whistling thrush | |
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| Subspecies temminckii from Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, Sikkim | |
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| Subspecies eugenei from Royal Agricultural Station, Doi Ang Khang, Thailand | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Myophonus |
| Species: | M. caeruleus
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| Binomial name | |
| Myophonus caeruleus (Scopoli, 1786)
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The blue whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus) is a bird in the Old World flycatchers family Muscicapidae that is found in the mountains of Central Asia, South Asia, China and Southeast Asia. It is known for its loud human-like whistling song at dawn and dusk. The widely distributed populations show variations in size and plumage with several of them considered as subspecies. Like others in the genus, they feed on the ground, often along streams and in damp places foraging for snails, crabs, fruits and insects.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Myophonus caeruleus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22708329A94156601. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22708329A94156601.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.