Rufous-tailed babbler

The rufous-tailed babbler (Moupinia poecilotis) is a bird species in the family Sylviidae. It is very closely related to the Paradoxornithidae. It is endemic to central China.

Rufous-tailed babbler

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradoxornithidae
Genus: Moupinia
David & Oustalet, 1877
Species:
M. poecilotis
Binomial name
Moupinia poecilotis
(Verreaux, 1871)
Synonyms

Chrysomma poecilotis

The genus Moupinia was introduced by the French ornithologists Armand David and Émile Oustalet in 1877.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Chrysomma poecilotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. David, Armand; Oustalet, Émile (1877). Les Oiseaux de la Chine (in French). Paris: Masson. p. 219.
  • 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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