Babblers (Timaliidae)
Scaly-breasted Wren-babbler (Pnoepyga albiventer) - HBW 12, p. 176
French: Timalie à ventre blanc
German: Himalajaschuppentimalie
Spanish: Ratina Ventriblanca
Other common names: Eastern/Greater Scaly-breasted Wren-babbler, Scaly-breasted Wren
Taxonomy: [Tesia] Albiventer Hodgson, 1837, Ilam District, eastern Nepal.
Formerly treated as conspecific with P. formosana. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- pallidior Kinnear, 1924 - N India (W Himachal Pradesh) E to WC Nepal.
- albiventer (Hodgson, 1837) - EC Nepal E to Bhutan and NE Indian hill states (except Meghalaya), S & SC China (S & SE Xizang, N & C Sichuan S to NW Yunnan), N & W Myanmar and N Vietnam (W Tonkin).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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adult male singing Locality Wolong National Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China (Northern)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 10 May 2010 1 year ago 14 sec 3.4 -
A pale morph individual singing Locality Sing Gompa, Langtang National Park, Nepal
John Gregory 1998 4 years ago 33 sec 2.7
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On moss-covered forest floor
Locality Sichuan, China (Northern)
John and Jemi Holmes 12 May 2008 2 years ago 4 -
A bird on a moss covered wall.
Locality Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh, India
J.M. Garg 1 October 2008 2 years ago 3 -
A bird on a moss covered wall.
Locality Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh, India
J.M. Garg 1 October 2009 2 years ago 2
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Adult male singing Locality Wolong National Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China (Northern)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 10 May 2010 1 year ago 4.7 -
Bird singing Locality Wolong National Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China (Northern)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 10 May 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Alarm notes given after period of playback of the song. Given from on or very near the ground, in dense scrub. Locality Sat Tal, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India
(ssp pallidior)
Sam Woods 17 December 2007 2 years ago 3
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