Capuchin babbler | |
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Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1883 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Leiothrichidae |
Genus: | Turdoides |
Species: | T. atripennis |
Binomial name | |
Turdoides atripennis (Swainson, 1837) | |
Synonyms | |
Crateropus haynesi |
The capuchin babbler (Turdoides atripennis) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It has a disjunct range across the western and northern parts of the African tropical rainforest.
The capuchin babbler was moved from the monotypic genus Phyllanthus to Turdoides based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2018. [1] [2]
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