Jerdon's babbler

Jerdon's babbler
Jerdon's babbler in Roing, Grassland Arunachal Pradesh
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradoxornithidae
Genus: Chrysomma
Species:
C. altirostre
Binomial name
Chrysomma altirostre
Jerdon, 1862
Synonyms

Moupinia altirostris
Pyctorhis altirostris
Pyctorhis griseigularis
Timalia altirostris

Jerdon's babbler (Chrysomma altirostre) is a passerine bird native to wetlands and grasslands of the Indian sub-continent. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1994.[1] It is a member of the genus Chrysomma of the family Paradoxornithidae.[2][3]

The common name commemorates the surgeon-naturalist Thomas C. Jerdon.[4]

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2017). "Chrysomma altirostre". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22716326A111106627. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22716326A111106627.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Jønsson, K. A.; Fjeldså, J. (2006). "A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds (Aves: Passeri)" (PDF). Zoologica Scripta. 35 (2): 149–186. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00221.x. S2CID 85317440.[dead link]
  3. ^ Collar, N. J.; Robson, C.; Sharpe, C. J. (2019). "Jerdon's Babbler (Chrysomma altirostre)". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.
  4. ^ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M. (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 180–181.