Temminck's babbler
Temminck's babbler (Pellorneum pyrrogenys) is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae. It is found in Borneo and Java. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.
| Temminck's babbler | |
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| Temminck's babbler (above) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pellorneidae |
| Genus: | Pellorneum |
| Species: | P. pyrrogenys |
| Binomial name | |
| Pellorneum pyrrogenys (Temminck, 1827) | |
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This bird's common name commemorates the Dutch naturalist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.[2]
References
- Notes
- BirdLife International (2012). "Trichastoma pyrrogenys". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 335–336.
- Sources
- Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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