Babblers (Timaliidae)
Rusty-fronted Barwing (Actinodura egertoni) - HBW 12, p. 278
French: Actinodure d’Egerton
German: Rotstirnsibia
Spanish: Actinodura de Egerton
Other common names: Spectacled(!)/Himalayan/Nepal Barwing
Taxonomy: Actinodura Egertoni Gould, 1836, Nepal.
Appears to be closely related to A. ramsayi. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- egertoni Gould, 1836 - C Nepal E to Bhutan and NE India (EC Arunachal Pradesh).
- lewisi Ripley, 1948 - E Arunachal Pradesh and NW Myanmar.
- khasiana (Godwin-Austen, 1876) - Meghalaya, S Assam (N Cachar), Nagaland and Manipur, in NE India.
- ripponi Ogilvie-Grant & La Touche, 1907 - Mizoram (NE India), and NE & SW Myanmar and S China (W & NW Yunnan).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird moving around in a tree Locality Gaoligongshan, Yunnan, China (Southern) (ssp ripponi)
Keith Blomerley 3 November 2007 4 years ago 21 sec 2.7
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A bird perched
Locality Bhutan (ssp egertoni)
Arthur Grosset 28 March 2008 2 years ago 4 -
A lateral view.
Locality Trashigang District, Bhutan (ssp egertoni)
Ken Havard 26 April 2011 14 weeks ago 3 -
Individual feeding. Bompu Camp, Eaglenest Sanctuary.
Locality Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India (ssp egertoni)
Jorge de Leon Cardozo 29 December 2010 1 year ago 2.7
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