Brown-headed jewel-babbler

Brown-headed jewel-babbler
Ptilorrhoa caerulescens geislerorum (Meyer, 1892)
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Cinclosomatidae
Genus:	Ptilorrhoa
Species:	P. geislerorum
Binomial name
Ptilorrhoa geislerorum (A.B. Meyer, 1892)

The brown-headed jewel-babbler (Ptilorrhoa geislerorum), also known as the dimorphic jewel-babbler or brown-capped jewel-babbler, is a jewel-babbler in the family Cinclosomatidae. It is now usually considered to be distinct from the blue jewel-babbler, separated altitudinally and by varying behaviour, calls and female plumage.

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Ptilorrhoa geislerorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T103693170A104069831. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103693170A104069831.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.{{cite iucn}}: uses deprecated |page= identifier (help)

• Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World . Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN   978-84-96553-42-2