Chestnut-faced Babbler
Zosterornis whiteheadiOgilvie-Grant, WR, 1894
English (US) Chestnut-faced Babbler
The Chestnut-faced Babbler (Zosterornis whiteheadi) 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 Zosteropidae (White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Zosterornis whiteheadi
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Chestnut-faced Babbler
- Described by
- Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1894
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Zosterornis whiteheadi whiteheadi
- Zosterornis whiteheadi sorsogonensis
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1894
- Type locality
- mountains of northern Luzon, Philippine Islands.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 3 p.50
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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