Scaly-breasted cupwing
Scaly-breasted cupwing | |
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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
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Binomial name | |
Pnoepyga albiventer (Hodgson, 1837)
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The scaly-breasted cupwing or scaly-breasted wren-babbler (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 cupwing was once treated as a subspecies of the scaly-breasted cupwing.
Description
The scaly-breasted cupwing is a very small babbler with almost no tail, around 9 cm long and weighing between 19 and 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 cupwing 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.
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References
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Pnoepyga albiventer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22735145A118740151. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22735145A118740151.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.Error: "Q1037477" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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