Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Muscicapidae .
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Examples
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The rufous-bellied niltava (_Niltava sundara_) or fairy blue-chat, as Jerdon calls it, is the kind of bird one would expect to find in fairyland.
Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916
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They closely resemble nests of _Niltava macrigoriae_ from Darjeeling.
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870
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The eggs sent by Mr. Gammie very much recall the eggs of _Niltava_ and others of the Flycatchers.
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870
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