Tuesday, March 19, 2013

>>Genus Chrysomma

Genus Chrysomma



Chrysomma
Yellow-eyed "Babbler", Chrysomma sinense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Sylviidae
Genus:Chrysomma
Blyth, 1843
Species
Chrysomma altirostre
Chrysomma poecilotis
Chrysomma sinense
Synonyms
Moupinia
Chrysomma is a songbird genus. Long believed to be Timaliidae (Old World babblers), they are actually quite closely related to the typical warblers and even closer to the parrotbills, and therefore a member of the family Sylviidae.
Species are:
  • Jerdon's "Babbler", Chrysomma altirostre
    • Myanmar Jerdon's "Babbler", Chrysomma altirostre altirostre - extinct (1940s)
  • Yellow-eyed "Babbler", Chrysomma sinense
  • Rufous-tailed "Babbler", Chrysomma poeciloti





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