White-rumped babbler
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Turdoides
Species:
T. leucopygia
Binomial name
Turdoides leucopygia
(Rüppell, 1837)

The white-rumped babbler (Turdoides leucopygia) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and South Sudan.

Habitat

In the mountains of Degua Tembien, the species is found in bushland, scrubland and dense secondary forest, often near cliffs, gorges or water.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Turdoides leucopygia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22716443A94495180. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716443A94495180.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Aerts, R.; Lerouge, F.; November, E. (2019). Birds of forests and open woodlands in the highlands of Dogu'a Tembien. In: Nyssen J., Jacob, M., Frankl, A. (Eds.). Geo-trekking in Ethiopia's Tropical Mountains - The Dogu'a Tembien District. SpringerNature. ISBN 978-3-030-04954-6.
  • 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.
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