Rufous-backed sibia

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

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| image = Rufous-backed Sibia - Eaglenest - India (34352285021).jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Leioptila annectens |volume=2016 |page=e.T22716696A94506639 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716696A94506639.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Leioptila

| parent_authority = Blyth, 1847

| species = annectens

| authority = Blyth, 1847

| synonyms = Heterophasia annectans

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The rufous-backed sibia (Leioptila annectens) is a passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae.

It was formerly placed in the genus Heterophasia but is now the only species in the genus Leioptila.{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | year=2019 | title=Laughingthrushes and allies | work=World Bird List Version 9.1 | url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/laughingthrushes/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=16 January 2019 }}

It is found from the Himalayas to south-central Vietnam.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.hbw.com/species/rufous-backed-sibia-leioptila-annectens|title=Rufous-backed Sibia (Minla annectens)|journal=Birds of the World|date=4 March 2020|last1=Collar|first1=Nigel|last2=Robson|first2=Craig}}

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.