Beijing babbler

Beijing babbler
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradoxornithidae
Genus: Rhopophilus
Species:
R. pekinensis
Binomial name
Rhopophilus pekinensis
(R. Swinhoe, 1868)

The Beijing babbler (Rhopophilus pekinensis), also known as the white-browed Chinese warbler, Chinese hill warbler, or Chinese bush-dweller, is a species of bird in the genus Rhopophilus.[2] It is now thought to be a close relative of the parrotbills and is placed in the family Paradoxornithidae; previously, it was placed in the families Cisticolidae, Timaliidae or Sylviidae. It is found in northern China and North Korea, and formerly occurred in South Korea. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1868.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Rhopophilus pekinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103879454A94379501. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103879454A94379501.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "ITIS Report: Rhopophilus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  • Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2
  • Magnus Gelang, Alice Cibois, Eric Pasquet, Urban Olsson, Per Alström, Per G. P. Ericson: Phylogeny of babblers (Aves, Passeriformes): major lineages, family limits and classification, Zoologica Scripta, 38, 3, May 2009, pp 225–236 Article


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