Scaly-breasted wren-babbler

Scaly-breasted wren-babbler
From Kedarnath Musk Deer Sanctuary in Uttarakhand, India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pnoepygidae
Genus: Pnoepyga
Species: P. albiventer
Binomial name
Pnoepyga albiventer
(Hodgson, 1837)

The scaly-breasted wren-babbler or scaly-breasted cupwing (Pnoepyga albiventer) is a species of bird in the Pnoepyga wren-babblers family, Pnoepygidae. It is found in southern and eastern Asia from the Himalayas to Indochina.

Taxonomy and systematics

The Taiwan wren-babbler was once treated as a subspecies of the scaly-breasted wren-babbler.

Description

The scaly-breasted wren-babbler is a very small babbler with almost no tail, around 9 cm long and weighing between 19-23 g. The plumage is olive on the back and lightly scalloped on the chest.

Distribution and habitat

The natural habitat of the scaly-breasted wren-babbler is subtropical moist montane forest. Within that habitat it is usually found near water. The species undertakes some altitudinal migration, moving closer to sea level during the winter over some of its range.

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2013). "Pnoepyga albiventer". 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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