{{Short description|Species of bird}} {{Speciesbox | image = Small Nitava.jpg | image_caption = Male in Nepal | image2 =Female small niltava.jpg | image2_caption = Female in Nepal | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Niltava macgrigoriae'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T22709467A94210532 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22709467A94210532.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Niltava | species = macgrigoriae | authority = (Burton, 1836) | synonyms = }}
The '''small niltava''' ('''''Niltava macgrigoriae''''') is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae, native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
== Taxonomy and systematics ==
=== Subspecies ===
* ''N. m. macgrogoriae'' - <small>(Burton, 1836)</small>: The nominate subspecies, found in the central and western Himalayas from Uttarakhand to Sikkim and West Bengal. * ''N. m. signata'' - <small>(McClelland, 1840)</small>: Found in Northeast India, Myanmar, southern China, north Thailand, and continental Southeast Asia. Non-breeding individuals are also found in coastal Guangdong. Males tend to have a greyer belly and underside than the nominate.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Clement|first=Peter|date=2020-03-04|title=Small Niltava (Niltava macgrigoriae)|url=https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/smanil1/cur/introduction|journal=Birds of the World|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=ITIS Standard Report Page: Niltava macgrigoriae|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=561621#null|access-date=2020-10-28|website=www.itis.gov}}</ref>
== Behaviour and ecology ==
=== Diet === Eats small invertebrates and fruits.<ref name=":0" />
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Small Niltava Pangolakha WLS East Sikkim India 24.05.2015.jpg|Male Niltava macgrigoriae from Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, Sikkim, India A Niltava is spotted in Dulung Hide, Dullung Reserve Forest, Assam ( DSC 3131).jpg|Niltava ,Dullung Reserve Forest, Assam </gallery>
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