Puff-throated Babbler

Puff-throated Babbler

Taxobox
name = Puff-throated Babbler
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Timaliidae
genus = " Pellorneum "
species = "P. ruficeps"
binomial = "Pellorneum ruficeps"
binomial_authority = Swainson, 1832The Puff-throated Babbler, "Pellorneum ruficeps", is a passerine bird. It is also called as Spotted Babbler. "Pellorneum ruficeps" is the type species of its genus. There are some hints that "Pellorneum" may consist of several lineages (Jønsson & Fjeldså 2006). If the genus would be split into two or more, the Puff-throated Babbler and its closest relatives would remain in "Pellorneum".

This bird is a common resident breeder in the Himalayas and the hills of India and parts of southeast Asia. Like most babblers, it is not migratory, and has short rounded wings and a weak flight. Its habitat is scrub and bamboo thickets, where it builds its nest on the ground, laying 2-5 eggs.

Puff-throated Babblers are plain brown above, and white, heavily streaked with brown, below. They have a chestnut crown, long buff supercilium and dusky cheeks. The throat is white, and the bird's habit of puffing it out gives it its English name. Puff-throated Babblers have strong legs, and are quite terrestrial. They can often be seen creeping through undergrowth in search of their insect food, looking at first glance like a Song Thrush.

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

* Grimmett, Richard; Inskipp, Carol, Inskipp, Tim & Byers, Clive (1999): "Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives". Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.. ISBN 0-691-04910-6

* Jønsson, Knud A. & Fjeldså, Jon (2006): A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds (Aves: Passeri). "Zool. Scripta" 35(2): 149–186. doi|:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00221.x (HTML abstract)

* Kazmierczak, Krys & van Perlo, Ber (2000): "A Field Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent". Pica Press, Sussex. ISBN 978-1-873403-79-2


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