Vietnamese cutia
Cutia legalleni Robinson & Kloss, 1919
The vietnamese cutia (Cutia legalleni) is a species in the family Leiothrichidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 43 g to 52 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.
Quick facts about the vietnamese cutia
- Weight
- 43 g – 52 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the vietnamese cutia live?
Not recorded
What is the vietnamese cutia?
The Vietnamese cutia (Cutia legalleni) is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Laos and Vietnam.
It was long considered a subspecies of the Himalayan cutia (C. nipalensis), making the genus Cutia monotypic. In recent times, it is more often elevated to full species status.
Its natural habitat is tropical moist montane forests. The Vietnamese Cutia is not considered threatened by the IUCN, but as its range is far more restricted than that of its western relative, it is classified as a Near Threatened species after the split.
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Is the vietnamese cutia endangered?
The vietnamese cutia is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Near Threatened species. What the categories mean.
How is the vietnamese cutia classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyLeiothrichidae
- genusCutia
- SpeciesCutia legalleni Robinson & Kloss, 1919
Other names and names in other languages (25)
- cútia de VietnamCatalan
- Lang Bian-cutiaDanish
- WellenbauchcutiaGerman
- WellenbauchalcippeGerman
- vjetnamia leiotrikoEsperanto
- Cutia vietnamitaSpanish
- VietnaminkutiaFinnish
- Cutia de Le GallenFrench
- Cutie de Le GallenFrench
- sivokrili drozdaljCroatian
- ベトナムセアカチメドリJapanese
- vietnaminė kucijaLithuanian
- båndkutiaNorwegian
- zebrobrzuszek wietnamskiPolish
- cutia-vietnamitaPortuguese
- cutia-do-vietnamePortuguese
- Вьетнамская кутияRussian
- kutia tigrovanáSlovak
- vietnamkutiaSwedish
- vietnamesisk kutiaSwedish
- Le Gallen KutyasıTurkish
- кутія в’єтнамськаUkrainian
- Khướu hông đỏ Việt NamVietnamese
- 越南姬鶥Chinese
- 越南姬鹛Chinese
Relatives of the vietnamese cutia
Other species in the same genus Cutia.
Himalayan cutia
Cutia nipalensis
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the vietnamese cutia?
An adult vietnamese cutia weighs 43 g – 52 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the vietnamese cutia endangered?
The vietnamese cutia is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.
What kind of animal is the vietnamese cutia?
The vietnamese cutia (Cutia legalleni) belongs to the family Leiothrichidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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