Horsfield's babbler

Horsfield's babbler
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pellorneidae
Genus: Malacocincla
Species: M. sepiaria
Binomial name
Malacocincla sepiaria
(Horsfield, 1821)

The Horsfield's babbler (Malacocincla sepiaria) is a species of bird in the Pellorneidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The common name commemorates the American naturalist Thomas Horsfield.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Malacocincla sepiaria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 170.
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