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title: "Niltawa rudobrzucha"
description: "Niltava sundara — Ptaki. The rufous-bellied niltava (Niltava sundara) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/rufous-bellied-niltava
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Niltawa rudobrzucha

> Niltava sundara — Ptaki. The rufous-bellied niltava (Niltava sundara) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.

- Scientific name: *Niltava sundara*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 822
- Wikidata: [Q1590088](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1590088)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12806](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12806)

## Names

- en: Rufous-bellied Niltava
- de: Rotbauchblauschnäpper
- es: Papamoscas Sundara
- fr: Gobemouche sundara
- pl: Niltawa rudobrzucha

## Countries with the most observations

IN (381), CN (128), TH (102), NP (48), MM (13), BT (11), BD (7), PK (4)

## Summary

The rufous-bellied niltava (Niltava sundara) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Rufous-bellied niltava measures 15–18 cm and weighs 19–24 g. It is a large, stocky and brightly coloured flycatcher with rounded head shape, fairly short tail and broad-based bill.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufous-bellied_niltava

## Photo

![Niltawa rudobrzucha](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rufous-bellied-niltava/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Kenrick Gibson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/123115636

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/rufous-bellied-niltava?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).