Pomatostomus
Pomatostomus is a genus of small to medium-sized birds endemic to Australia-New Guinea. All four species are distributed in Australia, and only the grey-crowned babbler could also be found in south New Guinea.[1][2]
| Pomatostomus | |
|---|---|
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| White-browed babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pomatostomidae Schodde, 1975 |
| Genus: | Pomatostomus Cabanis, 1850 |
| Species | |
Pomatostomus is the type genus of the family Pomatostomidae. It was the only genus in the family before the Papuan babbler was classified as a separate genus Garritornis.
Species
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Pomatostomus temporalis | Grey-crowned babbler | Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. |
![]() | Pomatostomus superciliosus | White-browed babbler | central and southern Australia |
![]() | Pomatostomus halli | Hall's babbler | eastern Australia |
![]() | Pomatostomus ruficeps | Chestnut-crowned babbler | south-eastern Australia |
References
- Winkler, David W.; Billerman, Shawn M.; Lovette, Irby J. (2020). "Pseudo-Babblers (Pomatostomidae), version 1.0". Birds of the World. doi:10.2173/bow.pomato2.01. S2CID 216215090.
- International Ornithologists' Union. "IOC World Bird List 12.2 (Multilingual Version)". doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.12.2.
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