Beijing babbler
The Beijing babbler (Rhopophilus pekinensis), also known as the white-browed Chinese warbler, Chinese hill warbler, or Chinese bush-dweller, is a species of bird in the genus Rhopophilus.[2] Its relationships are uncertain and it has been placed in the families Cisticolidae, Timaliidae or Sylviidae. It is found in northern China and North Korea, and formerly occurred in South Korea. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1868.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sylviidae |
| Genus: | Rhopophilus |
| Species: | R. pekinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhopophilus pekinensis (R. Swinhoe, 1868) | |
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Rhopophilus pekinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- "ITIS Report: Rhopophilus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2
- Magnus Gelang, Alice Cibois, Eric Pasquet, Urban Olsson, Per Alström, Per G. P. Ericson: Phylogeny of babblers (Aves, Passeriformes): major lineages, family limits and classification, Zoologica Scripta, 38, 3, May 2009, pp 225–236 Article
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