- Pnoepyga
Taxobox
name = Pnoepyga
image_caption =Scaly-breasted Wren-babbler
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Timaliidae
genus = "Pnoepyga"
genus_authority = Hodgson, 1844"Pnoepyga" is a genus of wren-babbler in the bird family
Timaliidae . This genus of diminutive Old World babblers has a mostly montane distribution in South and South East Asia. It contains the following species:
*Scaly-breasted Wren-babbler ("Pnoepyga albiventer")
*Taiwan Wren-babbler ("Pnoepyga formosana")
*Nepal Wren-babbler ("Pnoepyga immaculata")
*Pygmy Wren-babbler ("Pnoepyga pusilla")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.
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