Temminck's babbler

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Temminck's babbler
Temminck's babbler (above)

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pellorneidae
Genus: Pellorneum
Species:
P. pyrrogenys
Binomial name
Pellorneum pyrrogenys
(Temminck, 1827)
Synonyms
  • Trichastoma pyrrogenys (Temminck, 1827)
  • Malacopteron erythrote

Temminck's babbler (Pellorneum pyrrogenys) is a species of

subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
.

This bird's common name commemorates the Dutch naturalist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.[2]

References

Notes
  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Trichastoma pyrrogenys". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 335–336.
Sources
  • 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.