Babax koslowi
(Tibetan Babax)Overview:
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Conservation Status
History:
- 1988-Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2004)
- 1994-Lower Risk/near threatened (Collar, Crosby and Stattersfield 1994)
- 2000-Lower Risk/near threatened (BirdLife International 2000)
Threats:
- 1.3.3.2 Habitat Loss/Degradation - Extraction - Wood - Selective logging (ongoing)
For info on these threat codes, see here.
Justification
Nearly qualifies for listing as threatened under criteria C1+2a(i).
Taxonomy
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Class: Aves
Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
- Subclass: Neornithes
Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass: Neoaves
- Superorder: Passerimorphae
- Order: Passeriformes Linnaeus, 1758 - Perching Birds
- Superorder: Passerimorphae
- Infraclass: Neoaves
- Subclass: Neornithes
Gadow, 1893
- Class: Aves
Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Notes:
Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Physical Description
Family Sylviidae:
A Family of small passerine song birds with long tails.
Distribution
Habitat
Biome
Terrestrial
Similar Species
Members of the genus Babax:
There are approximately 7 species and subspecies in this genus: B. koslowi (Tibetan Babax) · B. lanceolatus · B. lanceolatus lanceolatus · B. lanceolatus lumsdeni · B. victoriae · B. waddelli (Giant Babax) · B. yunnanensis
Members of the genus Alcippe:
There are approximately 86 species and subspecies in this genus: A. abyssinica · A. abyssinica abyssinica · A. abyssinica hildegardae · A. abyssinica stierlingi · A. atriceps · A. bourdilloni · A. brucei · A. brunnea · A. brunnea brunnea · A. brunnea genestieri · A. brunnea mandellii · A. brunnea superciliaris · A. brunnea weigoldi · A. brunneicauda (Brown Fulvetta) · A. brunneicauda brunneicauda · A. brunneicauda eriphaea · A. cantori · A. castaneceps · A. castaneceps castaneceps · A. castaneceps exul · A. castaneceps soror · A. castaneiceps klossi · A. castaniceps · A. chrysaeus · A. chrysotis · A. chrysotis chrysotis · A. cinerea (Yellow-Throated Fulvetta) · A. cinereiceps · A. cinereiceps formosana · A. cinereiceps manipurensis · A. dubia · A. dumentoria · A. fratercula · A. fratercula yunnanensis · A. fusca · A. grotei · A. kilimensis · A. ludlowi · A. magnirostris · A. monarcha · A. morrisonia · A. morrisonia fraterculus · A. morrisonia hueti · A. morrisonia morrisonia · A. morrisonia schaefferi · A. nepalensis annamensis · A. nepalensis stanfordi · A. nigrifrons · A. nipalensis · A. nipalensis commoda · A. nipalensis laotianus · A. nipalensis major · A. nipalensis nipalensis · A. obscurior · A. olivacea · A. peracensis · A. peracensis peracensis · A. phaeocephala davisoni · A. poiocephala karenni · A. poioicephala · A. poioicephala alearis · A. poioicephala brucei · A. poioicephala davisoni · A. poioicephala fusca · A. poioicephala haringtoniae · A. poioicephala phayrei · A. poioicephala poioicephala · A. pyrrhoptera · A. ruficapilla (Spectacled Fulvetta) · A. ruficapilla danisi · A. ruficapilla sordidior · A. rufogularis (Rufous-Throated Fulvetta) · A. rufogularis collaris · A. rufogularis major · A. rufogularis stevensi · A. solitaria · A. stictigula · A. striaticollis · A. striaticollis striaticollis · A. variegaticeps (Gold-Fronted Fulvetta) · A. vinipectus · A. vinipectus austeni · A. vinipectus chumbiensis · A. vinipectus kangrae · A. vinipectus perstriata · A. vinipectus vinipectus
Bibliography
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2. The World List of Threatened Birds BirdLife International. Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, U.K.
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Notes
Contributors:
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
Identifiers:
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 558839
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 331187
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1039
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