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Cutia nipalensis  Hodgson, 1837
Taxonomic Serial No.: 559606

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Himalayan Cutia [English]
  
    Cutie du Népal [French]
  
    cutia-do-himalaia [Portuguese]
  
    cutia-nepalesa [Portuguese]
  
    Cutia nepalesa [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyLeiothrichidae Swainson, 1832 – Laughingthrushes  
                               GenusCutia Hodgson, 1837  
                                  SpeciesCutia nipalensis Hodgson, 1837 – Himalayan Cutia, Cutie du Népal, cutia-do-himalaia, cutia-nepalesa, Cutia nepalesa  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SubspeciesCutia nipalensis cervinicrissa Sharpe, 1888  
                                     SubspeciesCutia nipalensis melanchima Deignan, 1947  
                                     SubspeciesCutia nipalensis nipalensis Hodgson, 1837  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.   
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Cutia nipalensis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.2), website (version 15.2)  
  Acquired: 2026   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.2. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 17 Apr 2026]   
  Reference for: Cutia nipalensis, Himalayan Cutia [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright   
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Cutia nipalensis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hodgson, Brian Houghton   
  Publication Date: 1837   
  Article/Chapter Title: Additions to the ornithology of Nepal   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. 5, no. 60   
  Page(s): 770-781   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
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  Notes: Available online via Biodiversity Heritage Library at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37188949   
  Reference for: original description   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: English name of Cutia nipalensis changed from Cutia to Himalayan Cutia with split of C. legalleni (IOC List v15.1)  
 

 

    


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