Taiwan wren-babbler
Taiwan wren-babbler | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Pnoepygidae |
Genus: | Pnoepyga |
Species: | P. formosana |
Binomial name | |
Pnoepyga formosana Ingram, 1909 | |
Synonyms | |
Pnoepyga albiventer formosana |
The Taiwan wren-babbler or Taiwan cupwing (Pnoepyga formosana) is a species of passerine bird in the family Pnoepygidae. The species is endemic to the island of Taiwan. It was treated for a long time as a subspecies of the scaly-breasted wren-babbler.
References
- 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.
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Pnoepyga formosana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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