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Horsfield's babbler

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Horsfield's babbler
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pellorneidae
Genus: Malacocincla
Species:
M. sepiaria
Binomial name
Malacocincla sepiaria
(Horsfield, 1821)

Horsfield's babbler (Malacocincla sepiaria) is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

The common name commemorates the American naturalist Thomas Horsfield.[2]

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Malacocincla sepiaria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22715814A94470394. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22715814A94470394.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 170.
  • 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.