Biology:White-hooded babbler

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Short description: Species of bird

White-hooded babbler
White-hooded Babbler - Central Thailand S4E5030 (18924793224).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pellorneidae
Genus: Gampsorhynchus
Species:
G. rufulus
Binomial name
Gampsorhynchus rufulus
Blyth, 1844

The white-hooded babbler (Gampsorhynchus rufulus) is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae.

It is found from the eastern Himalayas to central Myanmar and southwestern China.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Juveniles show rufous head

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.

Wikidata ☰ Q1442318 entry