Giant babax

Giant babax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Leiothrichidae
Genus:Babax
Species: B. waddelli
Binomial name
Babax waddelli
Dresser, 1905
Synonyms

Ianthocincla waddelli

The giant babax (Babax waddelli) is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family. It is found in India and Tibet and threatened by habitat loss. The binomial name commemorates the British explorer Laurence Waddell.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Babax waddelli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  • 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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