Spiny babbler

Spiny babbler
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Leiothrichidae
Genus:	Turdoides
Species:	T. nipalensis
Binomial name
	Turdoides nipalensis; (Hodgson, 1836)
Synonyms
	Timalia nipalensis; Acanthoptila nipalensis

The spiny babbler (Turdoides nipalensis; Template:Lang-ne) is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family. It is found only in the middle hills of Nepal This animal was for the first time in the history found in Nepal by Miraj Adhikari. Sadly, this animal is about to go extinct.

References

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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.

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