Hartlaub's babbler
| Hartlaub's babbler | |
|---|---|
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| In a wetland in the Matetsi Safari Area of western Zimbabwe | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Leiothrichidae |
| Genus: | Turdoides |
| Species: | T. hartlaubii |
| Binomial name | |
| Turdoides hartlaubii (Barboza du Bocage, 1868) | |
Hartlaub's babbler or Angola babbler (Turdoides hartlaubii) is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family, which is native to south central Africa. The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the German physician and ornithologist Gustav Hartlaub.[2]
Range
The species is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, DRC, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Gallery
In a garden at Shakawe, Botswana, showing white vent plumage_-_Flickr_-_Lip_Kee_(1).jpg)
Perched in woodland at Moremi, Botswana.jpg)
View of the white rump plumage
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Turdoides hartlaubii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 180–159–160.
- 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.
External links
- Hartlaub's babbler - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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