Dark-fronted Babbler
Dumetia atriceps(Jerdon, TC, 1839)
English (US) Dark-fronted Babbler
The Dark-fronted Babbler (Dumetia atriceps) 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 Timaliidae (Tree Babblers, Scimitar Babblers, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Dumetia atriceps
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Dark-fronted Babbler
- Described by
- (Jerdon, TC, 1839)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Dumetia atriceps atriceps
- Dumetia atriceps bourdilloni
- Dumetia atriceps siccata
- Dumetia atriceps nigrifrons
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- B[rachypteryx] atriceps
- Described by
- (Jerdon, TC, 1839)
- Type locality
- Trichur, Wadakkancheri, Coonoor, and the Wynaad, southwestern India; restricted to the Wynaad, by Whistler, 1935, in Ali and Whistler, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, 38, p. 82.
- Original description
- Madras Journal of Literature and Science 10, no.25 p.250
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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