Malacopteron
Appearance
Malacopteron | |
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Melodious babbler (Malacopteron palawanense) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Pellorneidae |
Genus: | Malacopteron Eyton, 1839 |
Type species | |
Malacopteron magnum[1] Eyton, 1839
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Malacopteron is a genus of passerine birds in the family Pellorneidae.
Species
[edit]The genus contains the following species:[2]
Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Moustached babbler | Malacopteron magnirostre | Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra | |
Sooty-capped babbler | Malacopteron affine | Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Thailand, and Singapore. | |
Scaly-crowned babbler | Malacopteron cinereum | Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. | |
Rufous-crowned babbler | Malacopteron magnum | Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Thailand. | |
Melodious babbler | Malacopteron palawanense | Philippines. | |
Grey-breasted babbler | Malacopteron albogulare | Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia. |
References
[edit]- ^ "Pellorneidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Babblers & fulvettas". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- 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.