Spotted thrush-babbler
Appearance
Spotted thrush-babbler | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Pellorneidae |
Genus: | Illadopsis |
Species: | I. turdina
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Binomial name | |
Illadopsis turdina Hartlaub, 1883
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The spotted thrush-babbler (Illadopsis turdina) also known as the thrush babbler, is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae. It is monotypic within the genus Ptyrticus. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Illadopsis turdina". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN: e.T22715938A94476340. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22715938A94476340.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- 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.