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Fujian Niltava

Niltava davidi La Touche, 1907

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Fujian Niltava

Fujian Niltava

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Open encyclopedia reference

The Fujian niltava (Niltava davidi) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Cambodia, southern China (including Hong Kong), Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Wikipedia contributors, Fujian niltava; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:01:13.874938+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Niltava davidi La Touche, 1907
Name authority
La Touche, 1907
Common name
Fujian Niltava
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Muscicapidae
Genus
Niltava
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAves
  9. orderPasseriformes
  10. familyMuscicapidae Fleming, 1822
  11. genusNiltava Hodgson, 1837
  12. speciesNiltava davidi La Touche, 1907

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Niltava. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Rufous-vented NiltavaNiltava sumatrana Salvadori, 1879MuscicapidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rufous-bellied NiltavaNiltava sundara Hodgson, 1837MuscicapidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Vivid NiltavaNiltava vivida (Swinhoe, 1864)MuscicapidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Large NiltavaNiltava grandis (Blyth, 1842)MuscicapidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Small NiltavaNiltava macgrigoriae (Burton, 1836)MuscicapidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 243 records assigned to Muscicapidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=561619 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:47F7Y. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.