Hartlaub's babbler
| Hartlaub's babbler | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Leiothrichidae |
| Genus: | Turdoides |
| Species: | T. hartlaubii |
| Binomial name | |
| Turdoides hartlaubii (Barboza du Bocage, 1868) | |
Hartlaub's babbler or Angola babbler (Turdoides hartlaubii) is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the German physician and ornithologist Gustav Hartlaub.[2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Turdoides hartlaubii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 180-159-160.
- 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
- Hartlaub's babbler - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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