Taiwan Cupwing

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Short description: Species of bird

Taiwan cupwing
Taiwan Wren-Babbler - Taiwan S4E8523 (19551633761).jpg
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pnoepygidae
Genus: Pnoepyga
Species:
P. formosana
Binomial name
Pnoepyga formosana
Ingram, C, 1909
Pnoepyga formosanai distribution map.png
Synonyms

Pnoepyga albiventer formosana

The Taiwan cupwing or Taiwan wren-babbler (Pnoepyga formosana) is a species of passerine bird in the family Pnoepygidae. The species is endemic to the island of Taiwan. It was treated for a long time as a subspecies of the scaly-breasted cupwing.

Description

The bird is 8 to 9 cm long. The bird seems to be tailless, is olive-brown from above and the plumage has the pattern of fish scales on the chest. The Taiwan wren-babbler is very similar to the scaly-breasted cupwing, with pale-colored scales on an almost black surface. The wings and legs are shorter and the bird is more reddish-brown in color.[2]

References

  • Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Pnoepyga formosana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22734538A95089073. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22734538A95089073.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22734538/95089073. Retrieved 11 November 2021. 
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World, dl. 12, 2007.

Wikidata ☰ Q1311768 entry




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