Scaly chatterer
The scaly chatterer (Argya aylmeri) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is also known as the bare-eyed babbler. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
| Scaly chatterer | |
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| Specimen at Nairobi National Museum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Leiothrichidae |
| Genus: | Argya |
| Species: | A. aylmeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Argya aylmeri Shelley, 1885 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Turdoides aylmeri | |
This species was formerly placed in the genus Turdoides but following the publication of a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, it was moved to the resurrected genus Argya.[2][3]
References
- BirdLife International (2018). "Argya aylmeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22716379A131974205. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22716379A131974205.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Cibois, A.; Gelang, M.; Alström, P.; Pasquet, E.; Fjeldså, J.; Ericson, P.G.P.; Olsson, U. (2018). "Comprehensive phylogeny of the laughingthrushes and allies (Aves, Leiothrichidae) and a proposal for a revised taxonomy". Zoologica Scripta. 47 (4): 428–440. doi:10.1111/zsc.12296. S2CID 51883434.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Laughingthrushes and allies". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- Collar, N.J.; Robson, C. (2007). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Christie, D.A. (eds.). Family Timaliidae (Babblers). pp. 70–291.
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