DESCRIPTION OF FIRST BASIC PLUMAGE OF THREE MUSCICAPID SPECIES FOUND IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SUB-HIMALAYAN FOOTHILLS, WITH NOTES ON THEIR TAXONOMY AND ECOLOGY.

The article discusses a study which describes three muscicapid species in first basic plumage discovered at Naung Mung in the Putao district of Kachin State, Myanmar. The specimens were obtained using mist netting in an expedition of the study's authors in September 2005. Results show that these specimens were immature members of white-tailed robin (myiomela leucura), large blue flycatcher (cyornis magnirostris), and rufous-gorgeted flycatcher (ficedula strophiata).