Pale-throated wren-babbler

The pale-throated wren-babbler (Spelaeornis kinneari) is a bird species in the family Timaliidae. It was until recently considered a subspecies of the long-tailed wren-babbler; the IUCN for example started recognizing it as distinct species in 2008.[2] It is endemic to Vietnam[3]

Pale-throated wren-babbler
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Timaliidae
Genus: Spelaeornis
Species:
S. kinneari
Binomial name
Spelaeornis kinneari
Delacour & Jabouille, 1930
Synonyms

Spelaeornis chocolatinus kinneari

Its natural habitat are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. This is one of the common and widespread taxa in the Long-tailed wren-babbler species complex; it is therefore classified as a Species of Least Concern by the IUCN.[2]

Footnotes

  1. BirdLife International. 2018. Spelaeornis kinneari. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T22734553A131746885. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22734553A131746885.en. Downloaded on 19 December 2018.
  2. BLI (2008)
  3. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

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