| Dumetia | |
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| Tawny-bellied babbler (Dumetia hyperythra) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Timaliidae |
| Genus: | Dumetia Blyth, 1852 |
| Type species | |
| Timalia hyperythra (tawny-bellied babbler) Franklin, 1831
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| Species | |
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Dumetia is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae that are found in India and Sri Lanka.
Taxonomy
The genus Dumetia was introduced in 1852 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth.[1] The genus name is from Latin dumetum, dumeti meaning "thicket".[2] Blyth listed two species in the genus and of these George Robert Gray in 1855 selected the tawny-bellied babbler as the type species.[3][4]
Species
The genus contains the following species:[5]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Tawny-bellied babbler | Dumetia hyperythra | north-central India to Sri Lanka |
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Dark-fronted babbler | Dumetia atriceps | west India to Sri Lanka |
References
- ^ Blyth, Edward (1852). Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum Asiatic Society. Calcutta: J. Thomas. p. 140. Although the title page is dated 1849, the book was not published until 1852. See: Dickinson, E.C.; Overstreet, L.K.; Dowsett, R.J.; Bruce, M.D. (2011). Priority! The Dating of Scientific Names in Ornithology: a Directory to the literature and its reviewers. Northampton, UK: Aves Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-9568611-1-5.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 142. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 45.
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds. (1964). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 317.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Babblers & fulvettas". IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
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