Chinese babax
| Chinese babax | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Leiothrichidae |
| Genus: | Babax |
| Species: | B. lanceolatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Babax lanceolatus (Verreaux, 1870)
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| Synonyms | |
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Ianthocincla lanceolata | |
The Chinese babax (Babax lanceolatus) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in China, Hong Kong, India, and Myanmar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. A 2009 Mitochondrial DNA Phylogenetic study suggest that this species is closely related to two species Garrulax, the White-browed laughingthrush and the White-throated laughingthrush .
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.
- Mitochondrial DNA Phylogeny of Babblers (Timaliidae)