Hume's bush warbler
Hume's bush warbler (Horornis brunnescens) is a species of bush warbler (family Cettiidae). It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.
| Hume's bush warbler | |
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| at Walong | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cettiidae |
| Genus: | Horornis |
| Species: | H. brunnescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Horornis brunnescens (Hume, 1872) | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Cettia brunnescens | |
It is found in the Himalayas of Nepal and India.
It is formerly considered conspecific with the yellow-bellied bush warbler.
The name commemorates the British naturalist Allan Octavian Hume who worked in India.[2]
References
- BirdLife International (2008). "Cettia brunnescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 2010-01-05.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 173–174.
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