Fire-tailed Myzornis

Fire-tailed Myzornis
Fire-tailed Myzornis
male, Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Northeast India
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sylviidae
Genus: Myzornis
Blyth, 1843
Species: M. pyrrhoura
Binomial name
Myzornis pyrrhoura
Blyth, 1843

The Fire-tailed Myzornis (Myzornis pyrrhoura) is a bird species formerly placed in the Old World babbler family (Timaliidae). Its genus Myzornis is monotypic, and has recently been placed in the (much reduced) Old World warbler family Sylviidae.[1]

It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

  1. ^ Gelang, Magnus; Alice Cibois, Eric Pasquet, Urban Olsson, Per Alström, Per G. P Ericson (2009). "Phylogeny of babblers (Aves, Passeriformes): major lineages, family limits and classification". Zoologica Scripta 38 (3): 225–236. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00374.x. 

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