Buff-breasted Babbler
Pellorneum tickelliBlyth, E, 1859
English (US) Buff-breasted Babbler
The Buff-breasted Babbler (Pellorneum tickelli) 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 tickelli
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Buff-breasted Babbler
- Described by
- Blyth, E, 1859
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Pellorneum tickelli assamense
- Pellorneum tickelli grisescens
- Pellorneum tickelli fulvum
- Pellorneum tickelli annamense
- Pellorneum tickelli tickelli
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Pellornium Tickelli
- Described by
- Blyth, E, 1859
- Type locality
- mountainous interior of Tenasserim; type from 'Woods of Teewap'hado, 1,100 to 1,500 feet,' Amherst District, fide Tickell, 1860, ibid. (1859), p. 449.
- Original description
- Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 28, no.4 p.414
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
Pellorneum capistratoides
Javan Black-capped Babbler
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Short-tailed Babbler
Pellorneum malaccense
Ashy-headed Babbler
Pellorneum cinereiceps
Spot-throated Babbler
Pellorneum albiventre
Sumatran Babbler
Pellorneum buettikoferi
Temminck's Babbler
Pellorneum pyrrogenys
White-chested Babbler
Pellorneum rostratum
Ferruginous Babbler
Pellorneum bicolor
Sulawesi Babbler
Pellorneum celebense
Swamp Grass Babbler
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