Zosterornis
Encyclopedia
Zosterornis is a genus of passerine
bird
in the Old World babbler family
Timaliidae. The genus is endemic to the Philippines
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It contains the following species:
Passerine
A passerine is a bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds or, less accurately, as songbirds, the passerines form one of the most diverse terrestrial vertebrate orders: with over 5,000 identified species, it has roughly...
bird
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...
in the Old World babbler family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Timaliidae. The genus is endemic to the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
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It contains the following species:
- Chestnut-faced BabblerChestnut-faced BabblerThe Chestnut-faced Babbler is a species of bird in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae.It is endemic to the island of Luzon in the Philippines. There are two subspecies, Z. w. whiteheadi in northern and central Luzon, and Z. w. sorsogonensis in south eastern Luzon...
(or Yuhina), Zosterornis whiteheadi - Luzon Striped Babbler (or Yuhina), Zosterornis striatus
- Panay Striped Babbler (or Yuhina), Zosterornis latistriatus
- Negros Striped Babbler (or Yuhina), Zosterornis nigrorum
- Palawan Striped Babbler (or Yuhina), Zosterornis hypogrammicus