Bornean swamp babbler | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Pellorneidae |
Genus: | Pellorneum |
Species: | P. macropterum |
Binomial name | |
Pellorneum macropterum (Salvadori, 1868) | |
The Bornean swamp babbler (Pellorneum macropterum) is a species of bird in the ground babbler family Pellorneidae that is found in northern and central Borneo and Banggi Island. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the white-chested babbler, now renamed the Malayan swamp babbler (Pellorneum rostratum).
The Bornean swamp babbler was formally described in 1868 by the Italian zoologist Tommaso Salvadori based on a specimen collected in Borneo. He placed it with the shortwings in the genus Brachypteryx and coined the binomial name Brachypteryx macroptera. [1] [2] The specific epithet is from Ancient Greek makropteros meaning "long-winged" (from makros meaning "long" and pteron meaning "wing". [3] The Bornean swamp babbler is now placed in the genus Pellorneum that was introduced in 1832 by the English naturalist William Swainson. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the white-chested babbler (renamed the Malayan swamp babbler) (Pellorneum rostratum) but based on vocal and genetic differences it is now treated as a separate species and is considered to be monotypic: no subspecies are recognised. [4] [5]
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