Pellorneum malaccense

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Cladus: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Cladus: Telluraves
Cladus: Australaves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Infraordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Sylvioidea

Familia: Pellorneidae
Genus: Pellorneum
Species: Pellorneum malaccense
Name

Pellorneum malaccense (Hartlaub, 1844)

Type locality: Malacca.

Synonymy

Brachypteryx malaccensis (protonym)
Trichastoma malaccense
Trichastoma malaccensis
Malacocincla malaccensis

References
Primary references

Hartlaub, G. 1844. Systematisches Verzeichniss der naturhistorischen Sammlung der Gesellschaft Museum Abt. 1 Vögel Bremen. i–iv; 1–126 BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.14284 Reference page. p. 40

Additional references

Cai, T., Cibois, A., Alström, P., Moyle, R.G., Kennedy, J.D., Shao, S., Zhang, R., Irestedt, M., Ericson, P.G.P, Gelang, M., Qu, Y., Lei, F. & Fjeldså, J. 2019. Near-complete phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the world’s babblers (Aves: Passeriformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 130: 346–356. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.010 Reference page.
Garg K.M., Chattopadhyay, B., Cros, E., Tomassi, S., Benedick, S., Edwards, D.P. & Rheindt, F.E. 2021. Island Biogeography Revisited: Museomics Reveals Affinities of Shelf Island Birds Determined by Bathymetry and Paleo-Rivers, Not by Distance to Mainland. Molecular Biology and Evolution 39(1): msab340 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msab340 Open access Reference page.

Links

IUCN: Pellorneum malaccense (Near Threatened)

Vernacular names
English: Short-tailed Babbler
español: Tordina colicorta

The mourning babbler (Pellorneum malaccense), previously the short-tailed babbler, is a species of bird in the ground babbler family Pellorneidae. It is found in the Malay Peninsula, Anambas Islands, Sumatra, Banyak Islands, Batu Islands, Riau Islands, Lingga Islands and the Natuna Islands. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the glissando babbler (Pellorneum saturatum) and the leaflitter babbler (Pellorneum poliogene).

Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests. The species is generally solitary, not joining larger mixed-species flocks, instead foraging as singles or pairs. They forage in the understory on the ground on a variety of insects including beetles, grasshoppers, and ants. Like other babblers they will use their foot to grasp food items, an unusual behaviour for passerine birds.

The mourning babbler is locally common at a number of places within its range but is considered near-threatened due to the loss of lowland forest in its range.
Taxonomy

The mourning babbler was formally described in 1844 by the German ornithologist Gustav Hartlaub. He placed it with the shortwings in the genus Brachypteryx and coined the binomial name Brachypteryx malaccesis. He specified the type locality as Malacca in Malaysia.[2][3] The species is placed in the genus Pellorneum that was introduced in 1832 by the English naturalist William Swainson. The glissando babbler (Pellorneum saturatum) and the leaflitter babbler (Pellorneum poliogene) were formerly considered to be subspecies but are now treated as separate species based on their significant vocal and genetic differences.[4][5] The mourning babbler is considered to be monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[5]
References

BirdLife International (2012). "Malacocinla malaccense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
Hartlaub, Gustav (1844). Systematisches Verzeichniss der naturhistorichen Sammlung der Gesellschaft Museum. Erste Abtheilung. Vogel (in German). Bremen: C. Schünemann. p. 40.
Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds. (1964). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 250.
Garg, K.M.; Chattopadhyay, B.; Cros, E.; Tomassi, S.; Benedick, S.; Edwards, D.P.; Rheindt, F.E. (2022). "Island biogeography revisited: museomics reveals affinities of Shelf Island birds determined by bathymetry and paleo-rivers, not by distance to mainland". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39 (1): msab340. doi:10.1093/molbev/msab340. PMC 8789277.

Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Babblers, scimitar babblers, ground babblers, Alcippe fulvettas". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 January 2024.

Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.