Giant Babax (Pterorhinus waddelli) - BirdLife species factsheet

Giant Babax Pterorhinus waddelli

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References

Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2020. Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology 34(5): 1252-1261. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13486.

BirdLife International. 2001. Threatened Birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

Cibois, A., Gelang, M., Alström, P., Pasquet, E., Fjeldså, J., Ericson, P. G. P. & Olsson, U. 2018. Comprehensive phylogeny of the laughingthrushes and allies (Aves, Leiothrichidae) and a proposal for a revised taxonomy. Zool. Scripta: DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12296.

del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Christie, D. (eds). 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. pp. 815. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.

IUCN. 2024. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2024-2. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 22 October 2024).

Li, B., Liang, C., Song, P., Liu, D., Qin, W., Jiang, F., Gu, H., Gao, H. and Zhang, T. 2023. Threatened birds face new distribution under future climate change on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP). Ecological Indicators 150: 110217.

Lu, X. 2004. Conservation status and reproductive ecology of giant babax Babax waddelli (Aves, Timaliinae), endemic to the Tibet plateau. Oryx 38(4): 418-425.

Praveen J, Jayapal, R. and Pittie, A. 2016. A checklist of the birds of India. IndianBIRDS 11(5-6): 113-170.

Rasmussen, P.C. and Anderton, J.C. 2012. Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide. Vols. 1 2: Attributes and Status. Second Edition. National Museum of Natural History – Smithsonian Institution, Michigan State University and Lynx Edicions, Washington, D.C., Michigan and Barcelona.

Further resources

Detailed species accounts from the Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book (BirdLife International 2001).

Search for photos and videos, and hear sounds of this species from the Macaulay Library

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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Giant Babax Pterorhinus waddelli. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/giant-babax-pterorhinus-waddelli on 22/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/11/2024.