Chinese Babax
Pterorhinus lanceolatus
矛纹草鹛
Introduction
A passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It occurs in China, Hong Kong, India, and Myanmar, inhabiting subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. This species was formerly classified in the genus Babax but was moved to the resurrected genus Pterorhinus following a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study published in 2018.
Distribution & Habitat
Found in China, Hong Kong, India, and Myanmar. Inhabits subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Leiothrichidae
- Genus
- Pterorhinus
- eBird Code
- chibab2
Subspecies (3)
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Pterorhinus lanceolatus bonvaloti
southern China (southeastern Xizang to west-central Sichuan and northwestern Yunnan)
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Pterorhinus lanceolatus lanceolatus
central and southern China (from southern Gansu, southern Shaanxi, and western Hubei southward to central and northern Yunnan, central and eastern Sichuan, and northern Guizhou), and northeastern and central Myanmar
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Pterorhinus lanceolatus latouchei
montane forest of southeastern China
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.