Grey-bellied wren-babbler

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Grey-bellied wren-babbler
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Timaliidae
Genus: Spelaeornis
Species:
S. reptatus
Binomial name
Spelaeornis reptatus
(Bingham, 1903)
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Range of Spelaeornis reptatus
Synonyms

Spelaeornis chocolatinus reptatus

The grey-bellied wren-babbler (Spelaeornis reptatus) is a bird species in the family Timaliidae. It was until recently considered a subspecies of the long-tailed wren-babbler; the IUCN, for example, started recognizing it as distinct species in 2008. [2]

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It is found in China (Yunnan), India (Arunachal Pradesh), Myanmar, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical moist montane forest. It is classified as a Species of Least Concern by the IUCN. [2]

Lisu wren-babbler

In March 2022, a possibly new species of bird was discovered by Praveen J., Deepu Karrethudatu, and others. It was discovered on the Mugaphi Hills in Namdapha National Park. [3]

It is different both morphologically and acoustically from S. reptatus. It is identified by the name "Lisu Wren-Babbler".

It has chocolate-brown upperparts with a clean white throat patch. This is the second undescribed possibly new species of bird in India, after the Great Nicobar Crake.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Spelaeornis reptatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22734543A95089223. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22734543A95089223.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 BLI (2008)
  3. ↑ Praveen J., Karuthedathu, D., Sankar, S., Duraiswami, H., Yobin, Y., & Baruah, R., 2022. What is the identity of the Spelaeornis wren-babbler that occurs on the slopes of Mugaphi Peak in south-eastern Arunachal Pradesh? Indian BIRDS 18 (4): 107–113. https://indianbirds.in/pdfs/IB_18_4_PraveenETAL_MugaphiPeakSpelaeornis.pdf

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