Short-tailed Babbler
Pellorneum malaccense(Hartlaub, KJG, 1844)
English (US) Short-tailed Babbler
The Short-tailed Babbler (Pellorneum malaccense) 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 malaccense
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Short-tailed Babbler
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1844)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Pellorneum malaccense malaccense
- Pellorneum malaccense saturatum
- Pellorneum malaccense poliogene
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- B[rachypteryx] malaccensis
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1844)
- Type locality
- Malacca.
- Original description
- Systematisches Verzeichniss der naturhistorischen Sammlung der Gesellschaft Museum. Erste Abtheilung. Voegel 1 p.40
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Ground Babblers and Allies
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Pellorneum nigrocapitatum
Bornean Black-capped Babbler
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Javan Black-capped Babbler
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Ashy-headed Babbler
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Spot-throated Babbler
Pellorneum albiventre
Buff-breasted Babbler
Pellorneum tickelli
Sumatran Babbler
Pellorneum buettikoferi
Temminck's Babbler
Pellorneum pyrrogenys
White-chested Babbler
Pellorneum rostratum
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