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Genus: Robsonius

[edit] Description

This genus contains two species from the Philippines.
They differ from the other babblers of the genus Napothera by:

• lacking rictal bristles
• having part-feathered nares
• broad white tips on wing-coverts and outer primaries
• copious elongate rump feathering
• a long and slightly hooked bill
• walking habit

[edit] Taxonomy

Robsonius is a genus in the Family Pellorneidae.
It was formerly included in the family Timaliidae.
This genus is sometimes merged in the genus Napothera.

[edit] References

1. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553422
2. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist

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