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Genus of birds endemic to Australinea

Pomatostomus
White-browed babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pomatostomidae
Schodde, 1975
Genus: Pomatostomus
Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Pomatorhinus temporalis
Vigors & Horsfield, 1827
Species

Pomatostomus is a genus of small to medium-sized birds endemic to Australia-New Guinea. All four species are distributed in Australia, and only the grey-crowned babbler could also be found in south New Guinea.

Pomatostomus is the type genus of the family Pomatostomidae. It was the only genus in the family before the Papuan babbler was classified as a separate genus Garritornis.

Species

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Pomatostomus temporalis Grey-crowned babbler Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.
Pomatostomus superciliosus White-browed babbler central and southern Australia
Pomatostomus halli Hall's babbler eastern Australia
Pomatostomus ruficeps Chestnut-crowned babbler south-eastern Australia

References

  1. "Pomatostomidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  2. Winkler, David W.; Billerman, Shawn M.; Lovette, Irby J. (2020). "Pseudo-Babblers (Pomatostomidae), version 1.0". Birds of the World. doi:10.2173/bow.pomato2.01. S2CID 216215090.
  3. International Ornithologists' Union. "Multilingual Version" (XLSX). IOC World Bird List. 12.2.

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