Yellow-eyed Babbler

Yellow-eyed Babbler
Yellow-eyed Babbler
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sylviidae
Genus: Chrysomma
Species: C. sinense
Binomial name
Chrysomma sinense
Gmelin, 1789

The Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense is a passerine bird species found in open grass and scrub in south Asia. Its common name refers to its traditional placement with the Old World babbler family Timaliidae. The genus Chrysomma has recently turned out to form, together with its relatives, a clade with the parrotbills and Sylvia warblers and would thus be moved to the Sylviidae.[1]

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Distribution

The Yellow-eyed Babbler has an extremely large range and is native to Bangladesh, China, India, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam.[2]

The Sukla Phanta Wildlife Reserve in Nepal represents the north-western limit of its distribution.[3]

References

  • 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.
  1. ^ Jønsson, K. A., Fjeldså, J. (2006) A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds (Aves: Passeri). Zool. Scripta 35 (2): 149–186. doi::10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00221.x
  2. ^ BirdLife International (2009) Chrysomma sinense. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. Chrysomma sinense
  3. ^ Baral, H.S., Inskipp, C. (2009) The Birds of Sukla Phanta Wildlife Reserve, Nepal. Our Nature (2009) 7: 56-81 download pdf

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