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Pygmy cupwing

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Pygmy cupwing
From Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve, West Sikkim, India
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P. pusilla
Binomial name
Pnoepyga pusilla
Hodgson, 1845

The pygmy wren-babbler or pygmy cupwing (Pnoepyga pusilla) is a species of bird in its own family, Pnoepygidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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.