Brown-headed jewel-babbler
Species of bird
| Brown-headed jewel-babbler | |
|---|---|
Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cinclosomatidae |
| Genus: | Ptilorrhoa |
| Species: | P. geislerorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptilorrhoa geislerorum (A.B. Meyer, 1892) | |
The brown-headed jewel-babbler (Ptilorrhoa geislerorum), also known as the dimorphic jewel-babbler or brown-capped jewel-babbler, is a jewel-babbler in the family Cinclosomatidae. It is now usually considered to be distinct from the blue jewel-babbler, separated altitudinally and by varying behaviour, calls and female plumage.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Ptilorrhoa geislerorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103693170A104069831. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103693170A104069831.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2
