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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
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Chestnut-backed Jewel-babbler
Described by
(Salvadori, AT, 1876)

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Recognised subspecies

The AviList checklist recognises 7 subspecies for this species.

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.

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