Scaly-breasted Cupwing (Pnoepyga albiventer)

Other Names (World)
Scaly-breasted Cupwing, Scaly-breasted Wren-Babbler, Eastern Scaly-breasted Wren-babbler, Greater Scaly-breasted Wren-babbler, Scaly-breasted Wren

Family
Pnoepygidae (Cupwings)

Size
8.50 - 10.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hodgson, 1837)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 275 - 3,900 m.

Range (Guide)

Bhutan (B) (NB), India (B) (NB), Myanmar (B) (NB), Nepal (B) (NB), Vietnam (B) (NB).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)...)

Scaly-breasted Cupwing (Pnoepyga albiventer) [XC775827]
by He Wenjin\/\u6587\u8fdb from Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri Division, West Bengal, India (song)

Scaly-breasted Cupwing (Pnoepyga albiventer) [XC511784]
by Prashant Kumar from Thal, Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India (alarm call, call)

Subspecies
Pnoepyga albiventer (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Scaly-breasted Cupwing (Pnoepyga albiventer) and Taiwan Cupwing (Pnoepyga formosana) following Collar (2006).

Formerly treated as conspecific with Taiwan Cupwing (Pnoepyga formosana).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

pallidior Kinnear, 1924 - Northern India (western Himachal Pradesh) east to west-central Nepal.
albiventer (Hodgson, 1837) - East-central Nepal east to Bhutan and north-eastern Indian hill states (except Meghalaya), southern and south-central China (southern and south-eastern Xizang, northern and central Sichuan south to north-western Yunnan), northern and western Myanmar and northern Vietnam (western Tonkin).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Scaly-breasted Cupwing (Pnoepyga albiventer) - 10 files

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