Wildlifeof India
Chinese Vivid Niltava
Thrushes, Chats & Flycatchers
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Niltava oatesi
Basic stats
Diet
Invertebrates (SoIB guild)
Habitat
Subtropical or tropical moist montane forest
Range
Eastern Himalaya to southern China
The Chinese vivid niltava is a bird of the family Muscicapidae found from the eastern Himalaya to southern China, in subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It was formerly considered conspecific with the Taiwan vivid niltava (Wikipedia, general species account).
The cached account is short and gives no description, measurements, diet or breeding information. SoIB 2023 lists it as a summer migrant and localised winter migrant forest bird that eats invertebrates, without a priority category (Wikipedia, general species account; SoIB 2023).
Quick answers
- What does the Chinese Vivid Niltava eat?
- Invertebrates (SoIB guild)
- What habitat does the Chinese Vivid Niltava live in?
- Subtropical or tropical moist montane forest
- Where is the Chinese Vivid Niltava found?
- Eastern Himalaya to southern China