Rufous limestone babbler

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Rufous limestone babbler
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pellorneidae
Genus: Gypsophila
Species:
G. calcicola
Binomial name
Gypsophila calcicola
(Deignan, 1939)

The rufous limestone babbler (Gypsophila calcicola) is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae. It is endemic to the limestone hills of central Thailand. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the variable limestone babbler (G. crispifrons) but a 2020 study recovered it as a distinct species. [1] [2]

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

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References

  1. "Gypsophila calcicola (Rufous Limestone Babbler) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  2. "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List" . Retrieved 2021-01-30.