Chin Hills wren-babbler
| Chin Hills wren-babbler | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Timaliidae |
| Genus: | Spelaeornis |
| Species: | S. oatesi |
| Binomial name | |
| Spelaeornis oatesi (Rippon, 1904) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Spelaeornis chocolatinus oatesi | |
The Chin Hills wren-babbler (Spelaeornis oatesi) is a bird species in the family Timaliidae. It was until recently considered a subspecies of the long-tailed wren-babbler (Spelaeornis chocolatinus); the IUCN for example started recognizing it as distinct species in 2008.[2]
Its natural habitat are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. This is one of the common and widespread taxa in the long-tailed wren-babbler species complex; it is therefore classified as a Species of Least Concern by the IUCN.[1][2]
Footnotes
- 1 2 BirdLife International (2012). "Spelaeornis oatesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- 1 2 BLI (2008)
References
- BirdLife International (BLI) (2008): 2008 IUCN Redlist status changes. Retrieved 2008-MAY-23.
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