Hume's bush warbler
Hume's bush warbler (Horornis brunnescens) is a species of bush warbler (family Cettiidae). It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.
Hume's bush warbler | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Cettiidae |
Genus: | Horornis |
Species: | H. brunnescens |
Binomial name | |
Horornis brunnescens (Hume, 1872) | |
Synonyms | |
Cettia brunnescens |
It is found in the Himalayas of Nepal and India.
It was formerly considered conspecific with the yellow-bellied bush warbler.
The name commemorates the British naturalist Allan Octavian Hume who worked in India.[2]
References
- BirdLife International (2016). "Horornis brunnescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22735325A95108225. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22735325A95108225.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 173–174.
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