Pellorneum
Genus of birds
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Pellorneum is a genus of passerine birds in the family Pellorneidae. Some of its species were formerly placed in the genus Trichastoma.
| Pellorneum | |
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| Javan black-capped babbler Pellorneum capistratum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Parvorder: | Sylviida |
| Superfamily: | Sylvioidea |
| Family: | Pellorneidae |
| Genus: | Pellorneum Swainson, 1832 |
| Type species | |
| Pellorneum ruficeps Swainson, 1832 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Trichastoma Blyth, 1842 | |
The genus Pellorneum was introduced in 1832 by the English naturalist William Swainson with Pellorneum ruficeps, the puff-throated babbler, as the type species.[1][2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek pellos meaning "dark-coloured" with orneon meaning "bird".[3]
The genus contains the following 18 species:[4]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | Puff-throated babbler | Pellorneum ruficeps | South Asia, Yunna, and Indochina |
 | Brown-capped babbler | Pellorneum fuscocapillus | Sri Lanka |
 | Marsh babbler | Pellorneum palustre | Northeast India |
 | Malayan black-capped babbler | Pellorneum nigrocapitatum | western Malesia |
| - | Javan black-capped babbler | Pellorneum capistratum | Java |
 | Bornean black-capped babbler | Pellorneum capistratoides | Borneo |
 | Mourning babbler | Pellorneum malaccense | Malesia |
| - | Glissando babbler | Pellorneum saturatum | Bangka Belitung Islands |
| - | Leaflitter babbler | Pellorneum poliogene | Borneo |
 | Ashy-headed babbler | Pellorneum cinereiceps | Palawan |
 | Spot-throated babbler | Pellorneum albiventre | Eastern Himalaya, Yunnan and Indochina |
.jpg) | Buff-breasted babbler | Pellorneum tickelli | Eastern Himalaya, Yunnan and Indochina |
| - | Sumatran babbler | Pellorneum buettikoferi | Bukit Barisan foothills |
 | Temminck's babbler | Pellorneum pyrrogenys | montane Java and Borneo |
| - | Malayan swamp babbler | Pellorneum rostratum | Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Riau, Lingga and Belitung |
 | Bornean swamp babbler | Pellorneum macropterum | Borneo and Banggi Island |
.jpg) | Ferruginous babbler | Pellorneum bicolor | Malesia |
.jpg) | Sulawesi babbler | Pellorneum celebense | Sulawesi |
