Spelaeornis

Typical wren-babblers
Rufous-throated wren-babbler, Spelaeornis caudatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Timaliidae
Genus: Spelaeornis
David & Oustalet, 1877
Species

9, see text

Spelaeornis, the typical wren-babblers, is a bird genus in the family Timaliidae. Among this group, the typical wren-babblers are quite closely related to the type species, the chestnut-capped babbler (Timalia pileata). One species that was earlier placed in the genus, the spotted elachura has been removed to a genus of its own Elachura and placed in a separate family.[1]

It contains the following species:

References

  1. Alström, Per; Hooper, Daniel M.; Liu, Yang; Olsson, Urban; Mohan, Dhananjai; Gelang, Magnus; Manh, Hung Le; Zhao, Jian; Lei, Fumin; Price\ title= Discovery of a relict lineage and monotypic family of passerine birds, Trevor D. (2014). Biol. Lett. 10 (3). doi:10.1098/rsbl.2013.1067. Missing or empty |title= (help)


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