Pnoepyga | |
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Scaly-breasted wren-babbler (Pnoepyga albiventer) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Pnoepygidae Gelang et al., 2009 |
Genus: | Pnoepyga Hodgson, 1844 |
Type species | |
Tesia albiventer[1] Hodgson, 1837 |
Pnoepyga is a genusofpasserines endemic to southern and southeastern Asia. Its members are known as cupwingsorwren-babblers. The genus contains four species. The genus has long been placed in the babbler family Timaliidae. A 2009 study of the DNA of the families Timaliidae and the Old World warblers (Sylviidae) found no support for the placement of the genus in either family, prompting the authors to erect a new monogeneric family, the Pnoepygidae.[2]
This genus of diminutive passerines has a mostly montane distribution in South and Southeast Asia. The scaly-breasted cupwing is found in the mountainous areas of north India eastwards to southern China and northern Vietnam. The Taiwan cupwingisendemictoTaiwan, and similarly the Nepal cupwing has a restricted distribution, mostly occurring in Nepal (and also slightly into India). The most widespread species is the pygmy cupwing, which occurs from China and India south through Southeast Asia into the Malay Peninsula and Indonesia as far as Flores and Timor.[3]
The genus contains the following four species:[4]
Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Scaly-breasted cupwing or scaly-breasted wren-babbler | Pnoepyga albiventer (Hodgson, 1837) | southern and eastern Asia from the Himalayas to Indochina. | |
Taiwan cupwing or Taiwan wren-babbler | Pnoepyga formosana Ingram, W, 1909 | Taiwan | |
Nepal cupwing or Nepal wren-babbler | Pnoepyga immaculata Martens, J & Eck, 1991 | Uttarakhand and Nepal. | |
Pygmy cupwing or pygmy wren-babbler | Pnoepyga pusilla Hodgson, 1845 | Himalayas to the Lesser Sunda Islands. |
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