Spotted elachura

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Spotted elachura
Spelaeornis formosus Keulemans.jpg
Songs (recorded in Wuyuan County, Jiangxi)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Superfamily: Muscicapoidea
Family: Elachuridae
Alström et al., 2014
Genus: Elachura
Oates, 1889
Species:
E. formosa
Binomial name
Elachura formosa
(Walden, 1874)
Synonyms

Spelaeornis formosus

The spotted elachura or spotted wren-babbler (Elachura formosa) is a species of passerine bird found in the forests of the eastern Himalayas and Southeast Asia. In the past it was included in the babbler genus Spelaeornis as S. formosus, but molecular phylogenetic studies in 2014 provided evidence that it was distinct from the babblers, having no other close living relatives within the passerine bird clade Passerida [2] . This led to the creation of a new family, Elachuridae, to accommodate just one species (a monotypic taxon). [3]

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Description

The spotted elachura measures 10 cm including its short tail. It is dark brown all over, with rufous wings and tail. It also has white speckles all over its body, shifting to black barring on its wings and tail.

Habitat and distribution

It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. This species is found in undergrowth and dense thickets of this type of forest, with a preference for thick fern ground cover, mossy rocks and decaying trunks of fallen trees and brushwood (often near a stream or creek), long grass, and scrub. [4]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Elachura formosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22716127A94482064. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716127A94482064.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Alström, Per; Hooper, Daniel M.; Liu, Yang; Olsson, Urban; Mohan, Dhananjai; Gelang, Magnus; Le Manh, Hung; Zhao, Jian; Lei, Fumin; Price, Trevor D. (2014-03-31). "Discovery of a relict lineage and monotypic family of passerine birds". Biology Letters. 10 (3): 20131067. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2013.1067. ISSN   1744-9561. PMC   3982435 . PMID   24598108.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
  3. ↑ Alström, Per; Hooper, Daniel M.; Liu, Yang; Olsson, Urban; Mohan, Dhananjai; Gelang, Magnus; Manh, Hung Le; Zhao, Jian; Lei, Fumin; Price, Trevor D. (2014). "Discovery of a relict lineage and monotypic family of passerine birds". Biol. Lett. 10 (3) 20131067. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2013.1067. PMC   3982435 . PMID   24598108.
  4. ↑ 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.
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