Biology:Pygmy wren-babbler

Pygmy wren-babbler
From Gangtok, Sikkim, India
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pnoepygidae
Genus:	Pnoepyga
Species:	P. pusilla
Binomial name
Pnoepyga pusilla Hodgson, 1845

The pygmy wren-babbler or pygmy cupwing (Pnoepyga pusilla) is a species of bird in the Pnoepyga wren-babblers family, Pnoepygidae. It is found in southern and eastern Asia from the Himalayas to the Lesser Sunda Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Doi Inthanon National Park - Thailand (flash photo)

At Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park, West Java, Indonesia.

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.

External links

• Video and photos - The Internet Bird Collection

Wikidata ☰ Q766667 entry