Puff-throated Babbler
Pellorneum ruficepsSwainson, WJ, 1832
English (US) Puff-throated Babbler
The Puff-throated Babbler (Pellorneum ruficeps) 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 ruficeps
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Puff-throated Babbler
- Described by
- Swainson, WJ, 1832
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 28 subspecies for this species.
- Pellorneum ruficeps olivaceum
- Pellorneum ruficeps ruficeps
- Pellorneum ruficeps pallidum
- Pellorneum ruficeps punctatum
- Pellorneum ruficeps mandellii
- Pellorneum ruficeps chamelum
- Pellorneum ruficeps pectorale
- Pellorneum ruficeps ripleyi
- Pellorneum ruficeps vocale
- Pellorneum ruficeps stageri
- Pellorneum ruficeps shanense
- Pellorneum ruficeps hilarum
- Pellorneum ruficeps victoriae
- Pellorneum ruficeps minus
- Pellorneum ruficeps subochraceum
- Pellorneum ruficeps insularum
- Pellorneum ruficeps acrum
- Pellorneum ruficeps chthonium
- Pellorneum ruficeps indistinctum
- Pellorneum ruficeps elbeli
- Pellorneum ruficeps dusiti
- Pellorneum ruficeps oreum
- Pellorneum ruficeps vividum
- Pellorneum ruficeps ubonense
- Pellorneum ruficeps deignani
- Pellorneum ruficeps dilloni
- Pellorneum ruficeps euroum
- Pellorneum ruficeps smithi
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Swainson, WJ, 1832
- Type locality
- India; type locality restricted to Coonoor, Madras, by Deignan, 1947, Smiths. Misc. Coll., 107 (14), p. 3.
- Original description
- Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N. Part second, the birds pt.2 p.487
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Ground Babblers and Allies
Rufous-winged Fulvetta
Schoeniparus castaneceps
Black-crowned Fulvetta
Schoeniparus klossi
Golden-fronted Fulvetta
Schoeniparus variegaticeps
Rufous-throated Fulvetta
Schoeniparus rufogularis
Rusty-capped Fulvetta
Schoeniparus dubius
Dusky Fulvetta
Schoeniparus brunneus
Brown-capped Babbler
Pellorneum fuscocapillus
Marsh Babbler
Pellorneum palustre
Malayan Black-capped Babbler
Pellorneum nigrocapitatum
Bornean Black-capped Babbler
Pellorneum capistratoides
Javan Black-capped Babbler
Pellorneum capistratum
Short-tailed Babbler
Pellorneum malaccense
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