Sterrhoptilus | |
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Adult female of Rusty-crowned Babbler | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Zosteropidae |
Genus: |
Sterrhoptilus Oberholser, 1918 |
Type species | |
Mixornis capitalis
[1] Tweeddale, 1877
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Sterrhoptilus is a songbird genus recently separated from Stachyris. It used to be placed in the family Timaliidae. With other " Old World babblers" of the genus Yuhina, it was recently determined to be better placed in the family Zosteropidae.
The genus contains the following four species: [2]
Sterrhoptilus | |
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Adult female of Rusty-crowned Babbler | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Zosteropidae |
Genus: |
Sterrhoptilus Oberholser, 1918 |
Type species | |
Mixornis capitalis
[1] Tweeddale, 1877
|
Sterrhoptilus is a songbird genus recently separated from Stachyris. It used to be placed in the family Timaliidae. With other " Old World babblers" of the genus Yuhina, it was recently determined to be better placed in the family Zosteropidae.
The genus contains the following four species: [2]