Pomatostomus

Pomatostomus
White-browed babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pomatostomidae Schodde, 1975
Genus:	Pomatostomus Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Pomatorhinus temporalis [1] Vigors & Horsfield, 1827
Species
Pomatostomus temporalis Pomatostomus superciliosus Pomatostomus halli Pomatostomus ruficeps

Pomatostomus is a genus of small to medium-sized birds endemic to Australia-New Guinea. All four species are distributed in Australia, and only the grey-crowned babbler could also be found in south New Guinea. ^{[2] [3]}

Pomatostomus is the type genus of the family Pomatostomidae. It was the only genus in the family before the Papuan babbler was classified as a separate genus Garritornis.

Species

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Pomatostomus temporalis	Grey-crowned babbler	Australia and southern New Guinea.
	Pomatostomus superciliosus	White-browed babbler	central and southern Australia
	Pomatostomus halli	Hall's babbler	eastern Australia
	Pomatostomus ruficeps	Chestnut-crowned babbler	south-eastern Australia

References

1. "Pomatostomidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
2. Winkler, David W.; Billerman, Shawn M.; Lovette, Irby J. (2020). "Pseudo-Babblers (Pomatostomidae), version 1.0" . Birds of the World. doi:10.2173/bow.pomato2.01. S2CID   216215090.
3. International Ornithologists' Union. "Multilingual Version" (XLSX). IOC World Bird List. 12.2.

External links

• Pseudo-babbler videos on the Internet Bird Collection