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Hoary-throated Barwing

Actinodura nipalensis(Hodgson, BH, 1836)

English (US) Hoary-throated Barwing

The Hoary-throated Barwing (Actinodura nipalensis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Leiothrichidae (Laughingthrushes and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.

Range: Nepal eastward to Bhutan and northeastern India (far western Arunachal Pradesh) and adjacent China (southern Xizang)Range summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Actinodura nipalensis
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Hoary-throated Barwing
Described by
(Hodgson, BH, 1836)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Cinclosoma ? Nipalensis
Described by
(Hodgson, BH, 1836)
Type locality
Nepal ; restricted to Kathmandu Valley, by Ripley, 1950, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 63, p. 104.
Original description
Asiatic Researches; or, Transactions of the Society instituted in Bengal, for enquiring into the history, the antiquities, the arts and sciences, and literature of Asia 19 p.145

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 143 species of the family Leiothrichidae