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