The rufous-tailed babbler (Moupinia poecilotis) is a bird species in the family Paradoxornithidae. As with many other species known as "babblers", it was formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It is endemic to central China.
Rufous-tailed babbler | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Paradoxornithidae |
Genus: | Moupinia David & Oustalet, 1877 |
Species: | M. poecilotis
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Binomial name | |
Moupinia poecilotis (Verreaux, 1871)
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Synonyms | |
Chrysomma poecilotis |
The genus Moupinia was introduced by the French ornithologists Armand David and Émile Oustalet in 1877.[2]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Moupinia poecilotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22716332A94491213. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716332A94491213.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ David, Armand; Oustalet, Émile (1877). Les Oiseaux de la Chine (in French). Paris: Masson. p. 219.
- 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.