Grey-breasted Babbler
Malacopteron albogulare(Blyth, E, 1844)
English (US) Gray-breasted Babbler
UK name: Grey-breasted Babbler
The Grey-breasted Babbler (Malacopteron albogulare) 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 Pellorneidae (Ground Babblers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Malacopteron albogulare
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Gray-breasted Babbler
- English (UK)
- Grey-breasted Babbler
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1844)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Malacopteron albogulare albogulare
- Malacopteron albogulare moultoni
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- S[etaria] albogularis
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1844)
- Type locality
- 'Singapore.
- Original description
- Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 13, pt.1, no.149 p.385
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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