Rusty-breasted wren-babbler

The rusty-breasted wren-babbler (Gypsophila rufipectus) is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae. It is endemic to western Sumatra in Indonesia.

Rusty-breasted wren-babbler

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pellorneidae
Genus: Gypsophila
Species:
G. rufipectus
Binomial name
Gypsophila rufipectus
(Salvadori, 1879)

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Turdinus rufipectus". 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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