Taiwan Wren-babbler
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The Taiwan Wren-babbler, (Pnoepyga formosana), is a species of passerine
bird
in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae. The species is endemic to the island of Taiwan
. It was treated for a long time as a subspecies of the Scaly-breasted Wren-babbler
. The species has not been evaluated by the IUCN but is reported to be common within its range.
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 Timaliidae. The species is endemic to the island of Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
. It was treated for a long time as a subspecies of the Scaly-breasted Wren-babbler
Scaly-breasted Wren-babbler
The Scaly-breasted Wren-babbler is a species of passerine bird in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae.It is found in India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam. The Taiwan Wren-babbler was once treated as a subspecies of this species.Its natural habitat is subtropical moist...
. The species has not been evaluated by the IUCN but is reported to be common within its range.