Rufous-tailed babbler

The rufous-tailed babbler (Moupinia poecilotis) is a bird species in the family Paradoxornithidae. As with many other species known as "babblers", it was formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It is endemic to central China.

Rufous-tailed babbler
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Paradoxornithidae
Genus:	Moupinia David & Oustalet, 1877
Species:	M. poecilotis
Binomial name
Moupinia poecilotis (Verreaux, 1871)
Synonyms
Chrysomma poecilotis

The genus Moupinia was introduced by the French ornithologists Armand David and Émile Oustalet in 1877.^[2]

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Moupinia poecilotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22716332A94491213. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716332A94491213.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. David, Armand; Oustalet, Émile (1877). Les Oiseaux de la Chine (in French). Paris: Masson. p. 219.

• Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.