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Species of Thailand

Rufous limestone babbler

Gypsophila calcicola, Herbert Girton Deignan, 1939

(In Thai: นกจู๋เต้นสระบุรี)

The rufous limestone babbler (Gypsophila calcicola) is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae.

It is endemic to the limestone hills of central Thailand. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the variable limestone babbler (G. crispifrons) but a 2020 study recovered it as a distinct species.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

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Category / Seasonal Status

BCST Category: Recorded in an apparently wild state within the last 50 years

BCST Seasonal status: Resident or presumed resident

Scientific classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Pellorneidae
Genus
Gypsophila
Species
Gypsophila calcicola

Common names

  • Thai: นกจู๋เต้นสระบุรี

Conservation status

Vulnerable

Vulnerable (BirdLife)

Endangered

Endangered (ONEP)

Vulnerable

Vulnerable (BCST)

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Rufous limestone babbler

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