Rusty-fronted barwing
Rusty-fronted barwing | |
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From Fambong Lho Wildlife Sanctuary, Sikkim, India | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Leiothrichidae |
Genus: | Actinodura |
Species: | A. egertoni
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Binomial name | |
Actinodura egertoni Gould, 1836
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The rusty-fronted barwing (Actinodura egertoni) is a species of bird in the laughingthrush family, Leiothrichidae.
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Illustration by John Gould.
It is found in Southeast Asia from the Himalayas to north-eastern Myanmar. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Actinodura egertoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22716557A131974607. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22716557A131974607.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- 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.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Actinodura
- Birds of Nepal
- Birds of Bhutan
- Birds of Northeast India
- Birds of Myanmar
- Birds described in 1836