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Rusty-fronted barwing

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Rusty-fronted barwing
From Fambong Lho Wildlife Sanctuary, Sikkim, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Actinodura
Species:
A. egertoni
Binomial name
Actinodura egertoni
Gould, 1836

The rusty-fronted barwing (Actinodura egertoni) is a species of bird in the laughingthrush family, Leiothrichidae.

From Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, East Sikkim, India.
From Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, East Sikkim, India.
Illustration by John Gould.

It is found in Southeast Asia from the Himalayas to north-eastern Myanmar. Its natural habitats are temperate 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.