Grey-crowned Babbler
Pomatostomus temporalis(Vigors, NA; Horsfield, T, 1827)
English (US) Gray-crowned Babbler
UK name: Grey-crowned Babbler
The Grey-crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus temporalis) 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 Pomatostomidae (Australasian Babblers) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Pomatostomus temporalis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-crowned Babbler
- English (UK)
- Grey-crowned Babbler
- Described by
- (Vigors, NA; Horsfield, T, 1827)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Pomatostomus temporalis temporalis
- Pomatostomus temporalis rubeculus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- [Pomatorhinus] Temporalis
- Described by
- (Vigors, NA; Horsfield, T, 1827)
- Type locality
- Shoalwater Bay, Queensland.
- Original description
- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 15, pt.1 p.330
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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