Rufous-tailed babbler
Species of bird
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The rufous-tailed babbler (Moupinia poecilotis) is a bird species in the family Paradoxornithidae. As with many other species known as "babblers", it was formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It is endemic to central China.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Paradoxornithidae |
| Genus: | Moupinia David & Oustalet, 1877 |
| Species: | M. poecilotis |
| Binomial name | |
| Moupinia poecilotis (Verreaux, 1871) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chrysomma poecilotis | |
The genus Moupinia was introduced by the French ornithologists Armand David and Émile Oustalet in 1877.[2]
