Brown-flanked bush warbler | |
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At Guna Pani (8000 ft.) in Kullu-Manali district, Himachal Pradesh, India | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Cettiidae |
Genus: | Horornis |
Species: | H. fortipes |
Binomial name | |
Horornis fortipes Hodgson, 1845 | |
Synonyms | |
Cettia fortipes |
The brown-flanked bush warbler (Horornis fortipes), also known as the brownish-flanked bush warbler, is a species of bush-warbler of the family Cettiidae. It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage. It is found in South Asia. [1]
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