Naung Mung scimitar babbler | |
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Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Pellorneidae |
Genus: | Napothera |
Species: | N. naungmungensis |
Binomial name | |
Napothera naungmungensis (Rappole, Renner, Shwe & Sweet, 2005) | |
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TheNaung Mung scimitar babbler (Napothera naungmungensis) is a bird in the familyPellorneidae, described asnew to science in 2005. It is sometimes consideredconspecific with the closely relatedshort-tailed scimitar babbler.
The Naung Mung scimitar babbler is found in temperate rainforest on steep, sub-Himalayan hillsides. It was discovered in February 2004 in far northernMyanmar, and is named after the village ofNaung Mung, the closest settlement to its discovery site.
It is believed to be fairly common within its range.