| Spotted elachura | |
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| Songs (recorded in Wuyuan County, Jiangxi) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Elachuridae Alström et al., 2014 |
| Genus: | Elachura Oates, 1889 |
| Species: | E. formosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Elachura formosa (Walden, 1874)
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| Synonyms | |
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Spelaeornis formosus | |
The spotted elachura or spotted wren-babbler (Elachura formosa) is a species of passerine bird found in the forests of the eastern Himalayas and Southeast Asia. In the past it was included in the babbler genus Spelaeornis as S. formosus, but molecular phylogenetic studies in 2014 provided evidence that it was distinct from the babblers and part of a basal lineage (one that diverged early) with no other close living relatives within the passerine bird clade Passerida. This led to the creation of a new family, Elachuridae, to accommodate just one species (a monotypic taxon).[2]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Elachura formosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22716127A94482064. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716127A94482064.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Alström, Per; Hooper, Daniel M.; Liu, Yang; Olsson, Urban; Mohan, Dhananjai; Gelang, Magnus; Manh, Hung Le; Zhao, Jian; Lei, Fumin; Price, Trevor D. (2014). "Discovery of a relict lineage and monotypic family of passerine birds". Biol. Lett. 10 (3): 20131067. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2013.1067. PMC 3982435. PMID 24598108.