Chestnut-backed Jewel-babbler

Ptilorrhoa castanonota

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Cinclosomatidae
Genus
Ptilorrhoa
eBird Code
cbjbab1

Subspecies (7)

  • Ptilorrhoa castanonota buergersi

    central New Guinea (Sepik Mountains)

  • Ptilorrhoa castanonota castanonota

    western New Guinea (mountains of Bird's Head Peninsula)

  • Ptilorrhoa castanonota gilliardi

    Batanta (Raja Ampat Islands, off western New Guinea) and Yapen (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea)

  • Ptilorrhoa castanonota par

    eastern New Guinea (Saruwaged Mountains)

  • Ptilorrhoa castanonota pulchra

    mountains of southeastern New Guinea

  • Ptilorrhoa castanonota saturata

    western New Guinea (Nassau Mountains)

  • Ptilorrhoa castanonota uropygialis

    western New Guinea (northern slopes of Snow Mountains)

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.