Typical Australo-Papuan Babblers
Pomatostomus
The Pomatostomidae (Australo-Papuan or Australasian babblers, also known as pseudo-babblers) are small to medium-sized birds endemic to Australia-New Guinea. For many years, the Australo-Papuan babblers were classified, rather uncertainly, with the Old World babblers (Timaliidae), on the grounds of similar appearance and habits. More recent research, however, indicates that they are too basal to belong the Passerida – let alone the Sylvioidea where the Old World babblers are placed – and they are now classed as...
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
Gray-crowned Babbler
speciesPomatostomus temporalis
White-browed Babbler
speciesPomatostomus superciliosus
Chestnut-crowned Babbler
speciesPomatostomus ruficeps
Hall's Babbler
speciesPomatostomus halli
Where it lives
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