Chestnut-backed Jewel-babbler
Ptilorrhoa castanonota(Salvadori, AT, 1876)
English (US) Chestnut-backed Jewel-babbler
The Chestnut-backed Jewel-babbler (Ptilorrhoa castanonota) 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 Cinclosomatidae (Jewel-babblers and Quail-thrushes) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Ptilorrhoa castanonota
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Chestnut-backed Jewel-babbler
- Described by
- (Salvadori, AT, 1876)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 7 subspecies for this species.
- Ptilorrhoa castanonota gilliardi
- Ptilorrhoa castanonota castanonota
- Ptilorrhoa castanonota saturata
- Ptilorrhoa castanonota uropygialis
- Ptilorrhoa castanonota buergersi
- Ptilorrhoa castanonota par
- Ptilorrhoa castanonota pulchra
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Eupetes castanonotus
- Described by
- (Salvadori, AT, 1876)
- Type locality
- Mount Morait [lat. 0° 45' S., long. 131° 30' E.], New Guinea.
- Original description
- Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 7(1875) p.966
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Jewel-babblers and Quail-thrushes
Spotted Jewel-babbler
Ptilorrhoa leucosticta
Blue Jewel-babbler
Ptilorrhoa caerulescens
Brown-headed Jewel-babbler
Ptilorrhoa geislerorum
Spotted Quail-thrush
Cinclosoma punctatum
Chestnut Quail-thrush
Cinclosoma castanotum
Copperback Quail-thrush
Cinclosoma clarum
Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush
Cinclosoma castaneothorax
Western Quail-thrush
Cinclosoma marginatum
Cinnamon Quail-thrush
Cinclosoma cinnamomeum
Nullarbor Quail-thrush
Cinclosoma alisteri
Painted Quail-thrush
Cinclosoma ajax
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