Biology:Napothera

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Short description: Genus of birds

Napothera
Eyebrowed wren-babbler (Napothera epilepidota)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pellorneidae
Genus: Napothera
G.R. Gray, 1842
Type species
Myiothera epilepidota[1]
Temminck, 1828
Synonyms

Rimator Blyth, 1847
Jabouilleia Delacour, 1927

Napothera is a genus of birds in the family Pellorneidae. Some of its species were formerly placed in the genera Rimator and Jabouilleia.

Species

The genus contains the following species:[2]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
Eyebrowed wren-babbler Napothera epilepidota Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Long-billed wren-babbler Napothera malacoptila, (formerly Rimator malacoptilus) southern China.
Sumatran wren-babbler Napothera albostriata, (formerly Rimator albostriatus) western Sumatra.
White-throated wren-babbler Napothera pasquieri, (formerly Rimator pasquieri) northwestern Vietnam.
Short-tailed scimitar babbler Napothera danjoui, (formerly Rimator danjoui or Jabouilleia danjoui) Laos and Vietnam.
Naung Mung scimitar babbler Napothera naungmungensis, (formerly Rimator naungmungensis or Jabouilleia naungmungensis) Myanmar,

References

  1. "Pellorneidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=255. 
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2017). "Babblers & fulvettas". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/babblers/. 
  • 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q1193141 entry