Ashy-headed babbler

Ashy-headed babbler
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pellorneidae
Genus: Pellorneum
Species:
P. cinereiceps
Binomial name
Pellorneum cinereiceps
(Tweeddale, 1878)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drymocataphus cinereiceps Tweeddale, 1878
  • Malacocincla cinereiceps (Tweeddale, 1878)
  • Trichastoma cinereiceps (Tweeddale, 1878)

The ashy-headed babbler (Pellorneum cinereiceps) is a species of passerine bird in the ground babbler family Pellorneidae. The species is also known as the ashy-crowned babbler. The species is closely related to the short-tailed babbler. The two species are sometimes treated as the same species but differ in their calls. The species is monotypic, meaning it has no subspecies.[2]

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Trichastoma cinereiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22715837A94471144. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22715837A94471144.en. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  2. ^ Collar, N. & Robson, C. (2017). Ashy-crowned Babbler (Malacocincla cinereiceps). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/59515 on 17 March 2017).