Babaks [1] ( lat. Babax ) is a genus of passerine birds from the family of comic thimelias (Pellorneidae) [2] , was previously included in the family of thimelias ). South Asia : India , China , Myanmar .
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Description
The wings are short and rounded (10-14 cm long), the tail is long (up to 16 cm). The beak is long, slightly curved, approximately equal to or slightly longer than the back toe with the claw combined. Nostrils are covered with numerous hair. Close to the genus Thrush thimelias ( Turdoides ). They live in mountain and lowland tropical and subtropical forests and shrubs. The Tibetan species Babax koslowi is found at heights of up to 4500 m. Representatives of the genus are included in the International Red Book , including two species with a status close to vulnerable position (NC) [3] [4] [5] .
Classification
As of February 2018, 7 species are included in the genus [2] [1] :
- Babax koslowi (Bianchi, 1905) - Babaks Kozlova ; China (eastern Tibet and south of Qinghai ) [4]
- Babax lanceolatus (J. Verreaux, 1871) - Chinese babax ; India, China, Myanmar [6] [7]
- Babax waddelli Dresser, 1905 - Big Babax ; India (Sikkim), China (southern Tibet) [5] [7] [8] [9] [10]
- Babax woodi Finn, 1902
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Russian names are given according to the source: Boehme R. L. , Flint V. Ye. Pentate-linguistic dictionary of animal names. Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French / Ed. ed. Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang., "RUSSO", 1994. - S. 316. - 2030 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00643-0 .
- ↑ 1 2 Laughingthrushes and allies : [ eng. ] / F. Gill & D. Donsker (Eds). // IOC World Bird List (v 8.1). - 2018 .-- DOI : 10.14344 / IOC.ML.8.1 . (Retrieved March 6, 2018) .
- ↑ Baker, Edward Charles Stuart; Blandford, William Thomas; Oates, Eugene William. (1922). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Birds. Vol I. (2d ed.) - London, Taylor and Francis; 1922.
- ↑ 1 2 Babax koslowi . BirdLife International . IUCN
- ↑ 1 2 Babax waddelli . BirdLife International . IUCN .
- ↑ Salim Ali; S. Dillon Ripley. (1996). Chinese Babax (Babax lanceolatus woodi) Finn, Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan; Oxford University Press, New Delhi. 6 (1270): 236.
- ↑ 1 2 Lu X., Ma XH and Fan LQ 2007. Nesting and cooperative breeding behaviours of a high-altitude babbler, Tibetan Babax Babax koslowi. Acta Ornithologica 42 (2): 181-185.
- ↑ Lu X. (2004). Conservation status and reproductive ecology of giant babax Babax waddelli (Aves, Timaliinae), endemic to the Tibet plateau. Oryx 38 (4): 418-425.
- ↑ Salim Ali; S. Dillon Ripley. (1996). Gaint Tibetan Babax (Babax waddelli) Dresser, Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan; Oxford University Press, New Delhi. 6 (1271): 237.
- ↑ Giant Babax - Babax waddelli (link not available) . IndianBiodiversity.org.
Literature
- Collar NJ & Robson C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70-291 in; del Hoyo J., Elliott A. & Christie DA eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World , Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Links
- Giant babax - Babax waddelli . planetbirds.blogspot.ru.