Puff-throated babbler: Difference between revisions

| image = Pellorneum ruficeps - Khao Yai.jpg
| image_caption = ''P. r. dusiti'' ([[Khao Yai National Park]], Thailand)

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The '''puff-throated babbler''' or '''Spottedspotted babbler''' ('''''Pellorneum ruficeps''''') is a species of [[passerine]] bird found in Asia. They are found in scrub and moist forest mainly in hilly regions. They forage in small groups on the forest floor, turning around [[leaf litter]] to find their prey and usually staying low in the undergrowth where they can be hard to spot. TheyHowever, howeverthey have loud and distinct calls, including a morning song, contact and alarm calls. It is the [[type species]] of the [[genus]] ''Pellorneum'' which may, however, currently include multiple lineages.

The widespread distribution with population variations has led to nearly thirty subspecies being described. The nominate population is found in peninsular India (excluding the Western Ghats). The population in the northern Eastern Ghats is paler and has been called as ''pallidum'' while a well -marked dark form occurs in the southern Western Ghats, which has been named ''granti'' (includes ''olivaceum''). The western Himalayas population is ''punctatum'' (includes ''jonesi'') and in the east is ''mandellii'', which has streaking on the back and nape apartas fromwell as having call differences. In the east of India, south of the Brahmaputra River occurs ''chamelum'' while ''ripley'' is found in a small region in eastern Assam (Margherita). Further east in Manipur is ''vocale'' and ''pectorale'' in Arunachal Pradesh and northern Burma with ''stageri'' further south, followed by ''hilarum'', ''victoriae'' and ''minus''. Further east are found ''shanense'', ''subochraceum'', ''insularum'', ''indistinctum'', ''chtonium'', ''elbeli'', ''acrum'', ''oreum'', ''dusiti'', ''vividum'', ''ubonense'', ''euroum'', ''deignani'', ''dilloni'' and ''smithi''. Several others have been described and many populations are difficult to assign to subspecies.<ref>{{cite book|url=httphttps://www.archive.org/stream/checklistofbirds101964pete#page/240/mode/1up/|pages=241–245| title=Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 10| year=1964|editorseditor=Mayr E & |editor2=R A Paynter, Jr|publisher=Museum of Comparative Zoology| place=Cambridge, Massachusetts}}</ref> This is the type species for the genus ''Pellorneum'' and its generic placement is assured, although other species currently included in the genus may be reassigned.<ref>{{cite journal| authorauthor1=Jønsson, Knud A. & |author2=Fjeldså, Jon |name-list-style=amp |year=2006 |title= A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds (Aves: Passeri)| journal= Zoologica Scripta| volume= 35| issue=2| pages=149–186| doi=10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00221.x|s2cid=85317440 }}</ref><ref name=pcr>{{cite book|pages=425–426| title=Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide. Volume 2| publisher=Smithsonian Institution & Lynx Edicions| place= Washington DC and Barcelona|authorauthor1= Rasmussen PC & |author2=JC Anderton |name-list-style=amp |year=2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url= httphttps://www.archive.org/stream/faunaofbritishin01bake#page/238/mode/1up/|pages=238–242|title=Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Birds. Volume 1|edition= 22nd |author=Baker, ECS| year=1922| publisher=Taylor and Francis| place=London}}</ref>

This bird is a common resident breeder in the [[Himalayas]] and the forests of Asia. Like most babblers, it is not [[bird migration|migratory]], and has short rounded wings and a weak flight. Its habitat is scrub and [[bamboo]] thickets and it forages by turning over leaves to find insects.<ref name=hbk/>

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