Rufous-tailed babbler

Rufous-tailed babbler
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradoxornithidae
Genus: Moupinia
David & Oustalet, 1877
Species:
M. poecilotis
Binomial name
Moupinia poecilotis
(Verreaux, 1871)
Synonyms

Chrysomma poecilotis

The rufous-tailed babbler (Moupinia poecilotis) is a bird species in the family Paradoxornithidae. As with many other species known as "babblers", it was formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It is endemic to central China.

The genus Moupinia was introduced by the French ornithologists Armand David and Émile Oustalet in 1877.[2]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Moupinia poecilotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22716332A94491213. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716332A94491213.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ David, Armand; Oustalet, Émile (1877). Les Oiseaux de la Chine (in French). Paris: Masson. p. 219.
  • 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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