Brown-capped Babbler
Pellorneum fuscocapillus(Blyth, E, 1849)
English (US) Brown-capped Babbler
The Brown-capped Babbler (Pellorneum fuscocapillus) 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
- Pellorneum fuscocapillus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Brown-capped Babbler
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1849)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Pellorneum fuscocapillus babaulti
- Pellorneum fuscocapillus fuscocapillus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Dr[ymocataphus] fuscocapillus
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1849)
- Type locality
- Ceylon; inferentially restricted to 'S. W. Ceylon,' by Baker, 1921, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, 27 (3), p. 26, and here further restricted to Colombo.
- Original description
- Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 18, pt.2 p.815
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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