Iraq Babbler
Argya altirostris(Hartert, EJO, 1909)
English (US) Iraq Babbler
The Iraq Babbler (Argya altirostris) 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: southern TĂĽrkiye, Syria, Iraq, and southwestern Iran (reedbeds of Tigris-Euphrates Valley)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Argya altirostris
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Iraq Babbler
- Described by
- (Hartert, EJO, 1909)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Crateropus caudatus altirostris
- Described by
- (Hartert, EJO, 1909)
- Type locality
- Fao, southeastern Iraq at the mouth of the Shatt al Arab.
- Original description
- Die Vögel der paläarktischen Fauna. Systematische Übersicht der in Europa, Nord-Asien und der Mittelmeerregion vorkommenden Vögel 1 p.623 fig.122b
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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