Sumatran babbler
| Sumatran babbler | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pellorneidae |
| Genus: | Pellorneum |
| Species: | P. buettikoferi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pellorneum buettikoferi (Vorderman, 1892) | |
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The Sumatran babbler (Pellorneum buettikoferi) is a species of bird in the Pellorneidae family.
Distribution and habitat
It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. It previously was considered a subspecies of the buff-breasted babbler.
References
- BirdLife International 2005. Trichastoma buettikoferi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
- 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.
- Wells, D.R., P. Andrew, and A.B. v. d. Berg. 2001. Systematic notes on Asian birds. 21. Babbler jungle: a re-evaluation of the 'pyrrogenys' group of Asian pellorneines (Timaliidae). Zoologische Verhandeligen 335: 235-252