Spiny Babbler
Turdoides nipalensis(Hodgson, BH, 1836)
English (US) Spiny Babbler
The Spiny Babbler (Turdoides nipalensis) 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 Leiothrichidae (Laughingthrushes and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Himalayas of western and central NepalRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Turdoides nipalensis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Spiny Babbler
- Described by
- (Hodgson, BH, 1836)
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Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Pomatorhinus (Timalia) nipalensis
- Described by
- (Hodgson, BH, 1836)
- Type locality
- Nepal.
- Original description
- Asiatic Researches; or, Transactions of the Society instituted in Bengal, for enquiring into the history, the antiquities, the arts and sciences, and literature of Asia 19 p.182
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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