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Tawny-breasted Wren-Babbler

Spelaeornis longicaudatus(Moore, F, 1854)

English (US) Tawny-breasted Wren-Babbler

The Tawny-breasted Wren-Babbler (Spelaeornis longicaudatus) 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 Timaliidae (Tree Babblers, Scimitar Babblers, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.

Range: oak-rhododendron forest of northeastern India (Assam and Manipur)Range summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Spelaeornis longicaudatus
Family
Timaliidae (Tree Babblers, Scimitar Babblers, and Allies)
Order
Passeriformes
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
English (US)
Tawny-breasted Wren-Babbler
Described by
(Moore, F, 1854)
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Taxonomic history

First described as
Pnoëpyga longicaudata
Described by
(Moore, F, 1854)
Type locality
Afghanistan, error; corrected to northern India, by Moore, 1855, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 22 (1854), p. 74, and restricted to Khasi Hills, Assam, by Sharpe, 1882, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 6 (1881) , p. 263.
Original description
A catalogue of the birds in The Museum of the Hononrable East-India Company 1 p.398

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

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