Rail-babbler
Eupetes macrocerusTemminck, CJ, 1831
English (US) Rail-babbler
The Rail-babbler (Eupetes macrocerus) 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 Eupetidae (Rail-babbler) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Eupetes macrocerus
- Family
- Eupetidae (Rail-babbler)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Rail-babbler
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ, 1831
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Eupetes macrocerus borneensis
- Eupetes macrocerus macrocerus
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ, 1831
- Type locality
- Padang [lat. 0° 58' S., long. 100° 21' E.], Sumatra.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.87, vol.2 pl.516
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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