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Pellorneum

  • Buff-Breasted Babbler

    Buff-Breasted Babbler 
    (Chuối tiêu đất, Pellorneum tickelli)

    The buff-breasted babbler is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae.

    Difference between Abbott's babbler vs Buff-breasted babbler:
        - Abbott's. Heavy grey bill, extensive grey eye-ring, rich orange brown lower belly and undertail coverts, short tail.
        - Buff-breasted has a slighter and paler-colored bill, a much longer tail and is uniformly buff-brown in colour. 

    Pellorneum, Pellorneidae: combination of the Ancient Greek pellos meaning "dark-coloured" with orneon meaning "bird".

  • Pellorneum

    Pellorneum is a genus of passerine birds in the family Pellorneidae. Some of its species were formerly placed in the genus Trichastoma.
    The genus name combines the Ancient Greek pellos meaning "dark-coloured" with orneon meaning "bird".

    1/ Buff-breasted babbler (Chuối tiêu đất, Pellorneum tickelli)

    2/ Spot-throated babbler (Chuối tiêu họng đốm, Pellorneum albiventre)

    3/ Puff-throated babbler or spotted babbler (Chuối tiêu ngực đốm, Pellorneum ruficeps)

  • Puff-Throated Babbler

    Puff-throated babbler or spotted babbler 
    (Chuối tiêu ngực đốm, Pellorneum ruficeps)

    The puff-throated babbler or spotted babbler is a species of passerine bird found in Asia. 


    Pellorneidae, Pellorneum: combines the Ancient Greek pellos meaning "dark-coloured" with orneon meaning "bird".
    ruficeps Latin rufus red, ruddy; -ceps -headed.

  • Spot-Throated Babbler

    Spot-Throated Babbler 
    (Chuối tiêu họng đốm, Pellorneum albiventre)

    The spot-throated babbler (Pellorneum albiventre) is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae.

    Pellorneidae, Pellorneum: the Ancient Greek pellos meaning "dark-coloured" with orneon meaning "bird".
    albiventre: Latin albi: white; ventre: Latin venter (“the belly; the womb; a swelling”).

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