Bar-winged wren-babbler

Bar-winged wren-babbler
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Timaliidae
Genus: Spelaeornis
Species: S. troglodytoides
Binomial name
Spelaeornis troglodytoides
(Verreaux, 1870)
Synonyms

Pnoepyga troglodytoides

The bar-winged wren-babbler (Spelaeornis troglodytoides) is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.

Spelaeornis troglodytoides souliei Oustalet, 1898

There are variations among the populations and three subspecies are named.

  • sherriffi Kinnear, 1934 from eastern Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh
  • indiraji Ripley et al., 1991 from Arunachal Pradesh (Namdapha National Park) which is named after Indira Gandhi.[2]
  • souliei Oustalet, 1898 - northern Arunachal Pradesh (NE India) Myanmar and S China

It is found in Bhutan, China, India, and Myanmar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Spelaeornis troglodytoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Ripley, SD; SS Saha & B M Beehler (1991). "Notes on birds from the Upper Noa Dihing, Arunachal Pradesh, Northeastern India". 111 (1): 19–28.
  • Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.


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