Rusty-breasted wren-babbler

Rusty-breasted wren-babbler
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pellorneidae
Genus:	Gypsophila
Species:	G. rufipectus
Binomial name
Gypsophila rufipectus (Salvadori, 1879)
Synonyms
Gypsophila rufipecta [1] Napothera rufipectus Turdinus rufipectus

The rusty-breasted wren-babbler (Gypsophila rufipectus) is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae. It is endemic to western Sumatra in Indonesia.

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

References

1. BirdLife International. (2024). "Gypsophila rufipecta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024 e.T22716040A264245076. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T22716040A264245076.en . Retrieved 13 November 2025.

• Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World , Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.