Striated babbler

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Striated babbler
at Mohali, Punjab
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Argya
Species:
A. earlei
Binomial name
Argya earlei
(Blyth, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Argya earlei
  • Argya earlii
  • Turdoides earlii
  • Turdoides earlei

The striated babbler (Argya earlei) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in southern Asia from Pakistan to Myanmar.

This species was formerly placed in the genus Turdoides but following the publication of a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, it was moved to the resurrected genus Argya.[2][3]

It is omnivorous.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Argya earlei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22716352A131973605. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22716352A131973605.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cibois, A.; Gelang, M.; Alström, P.; Pasquet, E.; Fjeldså, J.; Ericson, P.G.P.; Olsson, U. (2018). "Comprehensive phylogeny of the laughingthrushes and allies (Aves, Leiothrichidae) and a proposal for a revised taxonomy". Zoologica Scripta. 47 (4): 428–440. doi:10.1111/zsc.12296.
  3. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Laughingthrushes and allies". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  4. ^ Noreen, Zunaira; Sultan, Khawar (2022). "Habitat Preferences of Birds in Relation to Exotic Trees in Canal Bank Forests Gujranwala, Pakistan". Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 54 (4). doi:10.17582/journal.pjz/20201219071224. ISSN 0030-9923.
  • Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.