Vietnamese cutia

Description

The Cutia vietnamese ( Cutia legalleni ) is a species of passerine bird of the family Leiothrichidae endemic to the east of Indochina.It is found only in Vietnam and Laos.Previously it was considered a subspecies of the Nepalese cutia ( Cutia nipalensis ),which made the genus Cutia monotypic,but now considered separate species.Its natural habitat is tropical rainforests.2 It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN,but its status is more delicate than that of its western relatives,and therefore it appears as an almost threatened species.