Spotted thrush-babbler

Spotted thrush-babbler
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pellorneidae
Genus: Ptyrticus
Hartlaub, 1883
Species: P. turdinus
Binomial name
Ptyrticus turdinus
Hartlaub, 1883

The spotted thrush-babbler (Ptyrticus turdinus) also known as the thrush babbler, is a species of bird in the Pellorneidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Ptyrticus. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

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