Scaly-breasted Wren-babbler
- Scaly-breasted Wren-babbler
Taxobox
name = Scaly-breasted Wren-babbler
image_caption = in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India.
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Timaliidae
genus = "Pnoepyga"
species = "P. albiventer"
binomial = "Pnoepyga albiventer"
binomial_authority = (Hodgson, 1837)
synonyms = The Scaly-breasted Wren-babbler ("Pnoepyga albiventer") is a species of passerine bird in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam. The Taiwan Wren-babbler was once treated as a subspecies of this species. Its natural habitat is subtropical moist montane forest. Within that habitat it is usually found near water. The species undertakes some altitudeinal migration, moving closer to sea level during the winter over some of its range.
The Scaly-breasted Wren-babbler is a very small babbler with almost no tail, around 9 cm long and weighing between 19-23 g. The plumage is olive on the back and lightly scalloped on the chest.
References
* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/52706/all Pnoepyga albiventer] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
* 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.
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