Rusty-fronted barwing

The rusty-fronted barwing (Actinodura egertoni) is a species of bird in the laughingthrush family, Leiothrichidae.

From Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, East Sikkim, India.
From Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, East Sikkim, India.
Illustration by John Gould.

Rusty-fronted barwing
From Fambong Lho Wildlife Sanctuary, Sikkim, India

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Actinodura
Species:
A. egertoni
Binomial name
Actinodura egertoni
Gould, 1836

It is found in Southeast Asia from the Himalayas to north-eastern Myanmar. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Actinodura egertoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • 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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