Taiwan wren-babbler
| Taiwan wren-babbler | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pnoepygidae |
| Genus: | Pnoepyga |
| Species: | P. formosana |
| Binomial name | |
| Pnoepyga formosana Ingram, 1909 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pnoepyga albiventer formosana | |
The Taiwan wren-babbler or Taiwan cupwing, (Pnoepyga formosana), is a species of passerine bird in its own family, Pnoepygidae. The species is endemic to the island of Taiwan. It was treated for a long time as a subspecies of the scaly-breasted wren-babbler.
References
- 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.
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Pnoepyga formosana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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