Rufous-tailed babbler

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Rufous-tailed babbler
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradoxornithidae
Genus: Moupinia
David & Oustalet, 1877
Species:
M. poecilotis
Binomial name
Moupinia poecilotis
(Verreaux, 1871)
Synonyms

Chrysomma poecilotis

The rufous-tailed babbler (Moupinia poecilotis) is a bird species in the family Sylviidae. It is very closely related to the Paradoxornithidae. It is endemic to central China.

The genus Moupinia was introduced by the French ornithologists Armand David and Émile Oustalet in 1877. [2]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Moupinia poecilotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22716332A94491213. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716332A94491213.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. David, Armand; Oustalet, Émile (1877). Les Oiseaux de la Chine (in French). Paris: Masson. p. 219.