Jabouilleia
Encyclopedia
Jabouilleia is a genus of scimitar-babblers, jungle bird
s with long downcurved bills. The two species occur in Laos
, Vietnam
and Myanmar. They are
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
s with long downcurved bills. The two species occur in Laos
Laos
Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...
, Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
and Myanmar. They are
- Short-tailed Scimitar-babblerShort-tailed Scimitar-babblerThe Short-tailed Scimitar-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Laos and Vietnam.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
, Jabouilleia danjoui - Naung Mung Scimitar-babblerNaung Mung Scimitar-babblerThe Naung Mung Scimitar-babbler is a species of bird in the Old World babbler family, Timaliidae, described as new to science in 2005. The only other member of the genus Jabouilleia is the Short-tailed Scimitar-babbler.Naung Mung Scimitar-babbler is found in temperate rainforest on steep,...
, Jabouilleia naungmungensis
Source
- BirdLife International 2004. Jabouilleia danjoui. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.