White-hooded babbler

The white-hooded babbler (Gampsorhynchus rufulus) is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae.

White-hooded babbler

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pellorneidae
Genus: Gampsorhynchus
Species:
G. rufulus
Binomial name
Gampsorhynchus rufulus
Blyth, 1844

It is found from the eastern Himalayas to central Myanmar and southwestern China.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Juveniles show rufous head

References

  1. BirdLife International (2013). "Gampsorhynchus rufulus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "Babblers & fulvettas « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  • 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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