Spelaeornis
| Spelaeornis | |
|---|---|
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| Rufous-throated wren-babbler, (Spelaeornis caudatus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Timaliidae |
| Genus: | Spelaeornis David & Oustalet, 1877 |
| Type species | |
| Pnoepyga troglodytoides Verreaux, J, 1871 | |
| Species | |
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8, see text | |
Spelaeornis, the typical wren-babblers, is a bird genus in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae. They are found in the eastern Himalayas and Myanmar.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus Spelaeornis was introduced in 1877 by the French naturalists Armand David and Émile Oustalet. They placed two species in the genus but did not specify the type.[1] In 1882 the English ornithologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe designated the type as Pnoepyga troglodytoides Verreaux, J, 1871, the bar-winged wren-babbler.[2][3][4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek σπηλαιον/spēlaion meaning "cave" with ορνις/ornis, ορνιθος/ornithos meaning "bird".[5]
Species
[edit]The genus contains the following 8 species:[6]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rufous-throated wren-babbler | Spelaeornis caudatus | Bhutan, India, and Nepal |
 | Mishmi wren-babbler | Spelaeornis badeigularis | Northeast India. |
.jpg) | Bar-winged wren-babbler | Spelaeornis troglodytoides | Bhutan, China, India, and Myanmar |
 | Naga wren-babbler | Spelaeornis chocolatinus | Nagaland and Manipur |
 | Grey-bellied wren-babbler | Spelaeornis reptatus | China (Yunnan), India (Arunachal Pradesh), Myanmar, and Thailand |
| Chin Hills wren-babbler | Spelaeornis oatesi | India and Myanmar | |
.jpg) | Pale-throated wren-babbler | Spelaeornis kinneari | Vietnam |
.jpg) | Tawny-breasted wren-babbler | Spelaeornis longicaudatus | Khasi Hills of Northeast India |
The spotted elachura (Elachura formosa) was at one time placed in this genus[7] but is now assigned to its own genus Elachura and own family Elachuridae.[6][8]
References
[edit]- ↑ David, Armand; Oustalet, Émile (1877). Les Oiseaux de la Chine (in French). Vol. 1. Paris: G. Masson. p. 228.
- ↑ Sharpe, R. Bowdler (1881). Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Cichlomorphae: Part III. Containing the first portion of the family Timeliidae (Babbling-Thrushes). Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Vol. 6. London: Trustees of the British Museum (published 1882). p. 264. Although the title page bears the date of 1881 this volume was not published until 1882.
- ↑ Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds. (1964). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 295.
- ↑ Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World (PDF). Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 526. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
- ↑ Jobling, James A. "Spelaeornis". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- 1 2 AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- ↑ Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds. (1964). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 297.
- ↑ Alström, Per; Hooper, Daniel M.; Liu, Yang; Olsson, Urban; Mohan, Dhananjai; Gelang, Magnus; Manh, Hung Le; Zhao, Jian; Lei, Fumin; Price\, Trevor D. (2014). "Discovery of a relict lineage and monotypic family of passerine birds". Biology Letters. 10 (3) 20131067. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2013.1067. PMC 3982435. PMID 24598108.
Further reading
[edit]Collar, N.J.; Robson, C. (2007). "Family Timaliidae (Babbler)". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona, Spain: Lynx Edicions. pp. 70–291. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2.
External links
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