Jewel-babblers
Ptilorrhoa
The jewel-babblers are a genus, Ptilorrhoa of birds in the Cinclosomatidae family. The genus contains four species that are endemic to New Guinea. The genus was once considered to contain the rail-babbler, but that species is now considered to belong to its own family. The genus is closely related to the better known quail-thrushes (Cinclosoma) of New Guinea and Australia. Together with a number of other genera they comprise the family Cinclosomatidae, although the validity of...
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
Blue Jewel-babbler
speciesPtilorrhoa caerulescens
Spotted Jewel-babbler
speciesPtilorrhoa leucosticta
Chestnut-backed Jewel-babbler
speciesPtilorrhoa castanonota
Dimorphic Jewel-babbler
speciesPtilorrhoa geislerorum
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 8566.