Gypsophila (bird)

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Gypsophila
Streaked wren-babbler (Gypsophila brevicaudata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pellorneidae
Genus: Gypsophila
Oates, 1883

Gypsophila is a genus of birds in the family Pellorneidae.

Species[edit]

The genus contains the following 6 species:[1][2]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
Rusty-breasted wren-babbler Gypsophila rufipectus western Sumatra in Indonesia.
Variable limestone babbler Gypsophila crispifrons Thailand northwest to southern Myanmar.
Streaked wren-babbler Gypsophila brevicaudata Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
Annam limestone babbler Gypsophila annamensis northern Laos, Vietnam and southern China
Rufous limestone babbler Gypsophila calcicola central Thailand.
Mountain wren-babbler Gypsophila crassa northeastern Borneo

References[edit]

  1. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Babblers & fulvettas". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  • 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.