Typical wren-babblers | |
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Rufous-throated wren-babbler, (Spelaeornis caudatus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Timaliidae |
Genus: | Spelaeornis David & Oustalet, 1877 |
Type species | |
Pnoepyga troglodytoides[1] J. Verreaux, 1871
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Species | |
8, see text |
Spelaeornis, the typical wren-babblers, is a bird genus in the family Timaliidae. Among this group, the typical wren-babblers are quite closely related to the type species, the chestnut-capped babbler (Timalia pileata). One species that was earlier placed in the genus, the spotted elachura has been removed to a genus of its own Elachura and placed in a separate family.[2]