Brown-headed Jewel-babbler
Ptilorrhoa geislerorum(Meyer, AB, 1892)
English (US) Brown-headed Jewel-babbler
The Brown-headed Jewel-babbler (Ptilorrhoa geislerorum) 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.
Range: eastern New Guinea (Huon Gulf to Collingwood Bay)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ptilorrhoa geislerorum
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Brown-headed Jewel-babbler
- Described by
- (Meyer, AB, 1892)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Eupetes geislerorum
- Described by
- (Meyer, AB, 1892)
- Type locality
- Butaueng [lat. 6° 36' S., long. 147° 51' E.], New Guinea.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 40, no.199 p.259-260
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
Chestnut-backed Jewel-babbler
Ptilorrhoa castanonota
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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