Bar-winged wren-babbler

Bar-winged wren-babbler
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Timaliidae
Genus: Spelaeornis
Species:
S. troglodytoides
Binomial name
Spelaeornis troglodytoides
(Verreaux, 1871)
Synonyms

Pnoepyga troglodytoides

The bar-winged wren-babbler (Spelaeornis troglodytoides) is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, and Myanmar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

There are variations among the populations and three subspecies are named.

  • sherriffi Kinnear, 1934 from eastern Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh
  • indiraji Ripley et al., 1991 from Arunachal Pradesh (Namdapha National Park) which is named after Indira Gandhi.
  • souliei Oustalet, 1898 - northern Arunachal Pradesh (NE India) Myanmar and S China