Scarlet-faced liocichla

The scarlet-faced liocichla (Liocichla ripponi) is a bird in the family Leiothrichidae. The species was recently reclassified as separate from the red-faced liocichla, although some taxonomists consider it to be conspecific. It is found in Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and southern China.

Scarlet-faced liocichla

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Liocichla
Species:
L. ripponi
Binomial name
Liocichla ripponi
(Oates, 1900)
Synonyms

Liocichla phoenicea ripponi

References

  1. BirdLife International. 2016. Liocichla ripponi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T103878757A104205546. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103878757A104205546.en. Downloaded on 25 February 2019.
  • 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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