Rufous-tailed babbler

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Rufous-tailed babbler
Moupinia poecilotis.jpg

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradoxornithidae
Genus: Moupinia
David & Oustalet, 1877
Species:
M. poecilotis
Binomial name
Moupinia poecilotis
(Verreaux, 1871)
Synonyms

Chrysomma poecilotis

The rufous-tailed babbler (Moupinia poecilotis) is a bird species in the family Sylviidae. It is very closely related to the Paradoxornithidae. It is endemic to central China.

The genus Moupinia was introduced by the French ornithologists Armand David and Émile Oustalet in 1877.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Chrysomma poecilotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ^ David, Armand; Oustalet, Émile (1877). Les Oiseaux de la Chine (in French). Paris: Masson. p. 219.
  • 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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