Friday, June 29, 2012

>Pomatostomus ruficeps (Chestnut-crowned Babbler)

Chestnut-crowned Babbler



Chestnut-crowned Babbler
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Pomatostomidae
Genus:Pomatostomus
Species:P. ruficeps
Binomial name
Pomatostomus ruficeps
(Hartlaub, 1852)
The Chestnut-crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus ruficeps) is a species of bird in the Pomatostomidae family. It is endemic to Australia.
A cooperatively breeding bird living in social groups ranging from three to approximately twenty birds. Usually one breeding female within the group but in large social groups that are beginning to fraction a subordinate female may also breed within the territory.
Chestnut-crowned Babbler eulo95.ogg
Eulo Bore, SW Queensland, Australia

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