Pomatostomus

Genus of birds endemic to Australinea

Pomatostomus
White-browed babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pomatostomidae
Schodde, 1975
Genus: Pomatostomus
Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Pomatorhinus temporalis[1]
Vigors & Horsfield, 1827
Species
  • Pomatostomus temporalis
  • Pomatostomus superciliosus
  • Pomatostomus halli
  • Pomatostomus ruficeps

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.[2][3]

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

  1. ^ "Pomatostomidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ International Ornithologists' Union. "Multilingual Version" (XLSX). IOC World Bird List. 12.2.

External links

  • Pseudo-babbler videos on the Internet Bird Collection
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