Chrysomma

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Chrysomma
Chrysomma sinense.jpg
Yellow-eyed babbler, Chrysomma sinense
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradoxornithidae
Genus: Chrysomma
Blyth, 1843
Type species
Timalia hypoleuca
Franklin 1831
Species

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Chrysomma is a songbird genus. It is quite closely related to the parrotbills, and is therefore a member of the family Paradoxornithidae.

Taxonomy

The genus Chrysomma was introduced in 1843 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth. He designated the type species as Timalia hypoleuca Franklin 1831. [1] This taxon is now one of subspecies of the yellow-eyed babbler. [2] [3] [4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek khrusos meaning "gold" and omma meaning "eye". [5]

The genus contains two species: [4]

Genus Chrysomma – Franklin, 1831 – two species
Common nameScientific name and subspeciesRangeSize and ecologyIUCN status and estimated population
Yellow-eyed babbler

Yellow-eyed babbler (Chrysomma sinense) Photograph by Shantanu Kuveskar.jpg

Chrysomma sinense
(Gmelin, JF, 1789)

Three subspecies
Burma, Laos and Thailand.Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  LC 


Jerdon's babbler

Jerdon's Babbler Roing Grassland Arunachal Pradesh India April 2019.jpg

Chrysomma altirostre
(Jerdon, 1862)

Three subspecies
  • C. a. altirostre
  • C. a. griseigularis
  • C. a. scindicum
Nepal to northeastern IndiaSize:

Habitat:

Diet:		  VU 



The rufous-tailed babbler was formerly placed in this genus but has been moved to the monotypic Moupinia . [4]

References

  1. ↑ Blyth, Edward (1843). "Revision of previous Reports of the Society". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 12 (134): 167–182 [181].
  2. ↑ Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds. (1964). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 327.
  3. ↑ Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 512. ISBN   978-0-9568611-2-2.
  4. 1 2 3 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills, white-eyes". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  5. ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 105. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.


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