Temminck's babbler
| Temminck's babbler | |
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| Temminck's babbler (above) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pellorneidae |
| Genus: | Pellorneum |
| Species: | P. pyrrogenys |
| Binomial name | |
| Pellorneum pyrrogenys (Temminck, 1827) | |
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The Temminck's babbler (Pellorneum pyrrogenys) is a species of bird in the Pellorneidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
This bird's common name commemorates the Dutch naturalist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.[2]
References
- Notes
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Trichastoma pyrrogenys". 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. 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.
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