| Rufous-fronted babbler | |
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| From Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Timaliidae |
| Genus: | Cyanoderma |
| Species: | C. rufifrons |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyanoderma rufifrons (Hume, 1873) | |
| Synonyms | |
| C. ambigua (Harington, 1914) | |
The rufous-fronted babbler (Cyanoderma rufifrons) is a babbler species in the Old World babbler family. It occurs in India's Eastern Ghats and from the Eastern Himalayan foothills to Southeast Asia at altitudes of 120–2,100 m (390–6,890 ft).[1]
It is buff-brown with paler brown underparts and a dull rufous crown. Its upper wings, tail, supercilium and lores are whitish-grey. It is 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs 9–12 g (0.32–0.42 oz). Its song is a high-pitched tuh tuh-tuh-tuh-tuh-tuh.[2]
Stachyris rufifrons was the scientific name proposed by Allan Octavian Hume in 1873 who described a small babbler from the Pegu Range in Myanmar that was pale brown, had a rufous-coloured head and white lores.[3] Stachyrhidopsis rufifrons ambigua was proposed as a subspecies by Herbert Hasting Harington in 1914 for a rufous-fronted babbler with yellow lores, probably occurring in Sikkim, Bhutan Dooars and northeast India.[4] The rufous-fronted babbler was later placed in the genus Stachyridopsis.[5][2]
Stachyris rodolphei was proposed by Herbert Girton Deignan in 1939 for three babbler specimens collected at Doi Chiang Dao in Thailand. It is considered synonymous with the rufous-fronted babbler.[6]
References
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Cyanoderma rufifrons". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T103895265A94483478. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103895265A94483478.en.
- ^ a b Collar, N. J.; Robson, C. (2016). "Rufous-fronted Babbler (Cyanoderma rufifrons)". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D. A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.
- ^ Hume, A. O. (1873). "Novelties – Stachyris rufifrons, Nov. Sp." Stray Feathers. 1 (6): 479–480.
- ^ Harington, H. H. (1914). "Notes on the Indian Timeliides and their allies (laughing thrushes, babblers, &c.) Part IV. Family Timeliidæ". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 23: 614–657.
- ^ Moyle, R. G.; Andersen, M. J.; Oliveros, C. H.; Steinheimer, F. D.; Reddy, S. (2012). "Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Core Babblers (Aves: Timaliidae)". Systematic Biology. 61 (4): 631–651. doi:10.1093/sysbio/sys027. PMID 22328569.
- ^ Collar, N. J. (2006). "A partial revision of the Asian babblers (Timaliidae)" (PDF). Forktail (22): 85–112.
External links
- BirdLife International (2019). "Rufous-fronted Babbler Cyanoderma rufifrons".