- Napothera pasquieri
Rimator pasquieri
Identification
11-13cm. A small, almost tailless streaky brown babbler:
- Very long, slightly downcurving bill
- Brown crown, nape and head side with tiny buff shaft streaks and narrow black scaling
- Long brown dorsal feathering with long buff shaft streaks
- Plain fluffy rump
- Plain brown (chestnut in nominate, dark brown in other subspecies) upperwing and tail
- Pure white throat and dark brown submoustachial streak.
- Breast and belly brown with buff whitish shaft streaks
Sexes similar. Juveniles undescribed.
Distribution
Endemic to Fan Si Pan Mountains (North Vietnam).
Rarely recorded in its range. Very rare in its tiny range.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Has been considered conspecific with Long-billed Wren-Babbler and Sumatran Wren-Babbler in the past.
Clements now places this species in the genus Napothera.
Habitat
Broadleaf evergreen forest. At 1220 - 2000m.
Behaviour
Feeds on invertebrates.
Usually seen in pairs, skulking in undergrowth on or near the ground.
No information about breeding.
Resident species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- 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
- Rasmussen, PC and JC Anderton. 2005. Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334672
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) White-throated Wren-Babbler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 18 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-throated_Wren-Babbler
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
