Pomatostomus Explained

Pomatostomus is a genus of small to medium-sized birds endemic to Australia-New Guinea. All four species are distributed in Australia, and only the grey-crowned babbler could also be found in south New Guinea.^{[1] [2]}

Pomatostomus is the type genus of the family Pomatostomidae. It was the only genus in the family before the Papuan babbler was classified as a separate genus Garritornis.

Species

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Pomatostomus temporalis	Grey-crowned babbler	Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.
	Pomatostomus superciliosus	White-browed babbler	central and southern Australia
	Pomatostomus halli	Hall's babbler	eastern Australia
	Pomatostomus ruficeps	Chestnut-crowned babbler	south-eastern Australia

External links

• Pseudo-babbler videos on the Internet Bird Collection

Notes and References

1. Winkler . David W. . Billerman . Shawn M. . Lovette . Irby J. . 2020 . Pseudo-Babblers (Pomatostomidae), version 1.0 . Birds of the World . en . 10.2173/bow.pomato2.01. 216215090 .
2. Web site: International Ornithologists' Union . International Ornithologists' Union . IOC World Bird List . 12.2 . Multilingual Version . XLSX.