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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Blackish-breasted Babbler, Wedge-billed Wren Babbler, Wedge-billed Wren-Babbler
Common Names in French:
Turdinule à gros bec
Common Names in German:
Kleinschnabeltimalie
Description
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Habitat
Ecology:
It inhabits the understorey of broadleaf evergreen
forest
and bamboo
at 900-1,950 m
, favouring westward facing slopes
in Bhutan. It occupies
lower elevations
only during the winter. It occurs in small parties
and feeds
on insects, particularly woodlice and boring
beetles.
[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- 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
- Class:
Aves
()
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Passeres
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
- Superfamily:
Sylvioidea
()
- Family:
Timaliidae
()
- Genus:
Sphenocichla
()
- Godwin-Austen & Walden, 1875
- Specific name:
humei
- (Mandelli) 1873
- Scientific name: - Sphenocichla humei (Mandelli, 1873) (Mandelli) 1873
- Specific name:
humei
- (Mandelli) 1873
- Genus:
Sphenocichla
(
- Family:
Timaliidae
(
- Superfamily:
Sylvioidea
(
- Suborder:
Passeres
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Sphenocichla humei (Mandelli, 1873)
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Sphenocichla
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. humei (Blackish-Breasted Babbler) · S. roberti (Chevron-Breasted Babbler)
More Info
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- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 64.
- A guide to the birds of Nepal Christopher Helm (Publishers) Ltd. url p. 11.
- A hand-list of genera and species of birds of the Indian empire, by E. C. Stuart Baker. .. Bombay, Printed by order of the committee of the Bombay natural history society[1923] url p. 50.
- Birds / by E. C. Stuart Baker. London: Taylor & Francis, 1924-28. url p. 461.
- Birds. .. London, Taylor and Francis; [etc., etc.]1922-30. url .
- Birds. By E. C. Stuart Baker. London: Taylor & Francis, 1922-30. url p. 461.
- The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. By E. C. Stuart Baker. London, Taylor & Francis;1922-30. url p. 461.
- World Checklist of Threatened Birds Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 200.
Notes
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Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2004. Sphenocichla humei. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- BirdLife International 2008. Sphenocichla humei. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
- 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-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 09, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6168
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-563058
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 563058
- IUCN ID: 243233
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 11243
Footnotes
- BirdLife International 2008. Sphenocichla humei. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
