Napothera

Napothera
Eyebrowed wren-babbler (Napothera epilepidota)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pellorneidae
Genus:	Napothera G.R. Gray, 1842
Type species
Myiothera epilepidota Temminck, 1828
Synonyms
Rimator Blyth, 1847 Jabouilleia Delacour, 1927

Napothera is a genus of birds in the family Pellorneidae. Some of its species were formerly placed in the genera Rimator and Jabouilleia.

Species

The genus contains the following species:

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Eyebrowed wren-babbler	Napothera epilepidota	Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
	Long-billed wren-babbler	Napothera malacoptila, (formerly Rimator malacoptilus)	Eastern Himalayas.
	Sumatran wren-babbler	Napothera albostriata, (formerly Rimator albostriatus)	western Sumatra.
	White-throated wren-babbler	Napothera pasquieri, (formerly Rimator pasquieri)	northwestern Vietnam.
	Short-tailed scimitar babbler	Napothera danjoui, (formerly Rimator danjoui or Jabouilleia danjoui)	Laos and Vietnam.
	Naung Mung scimitar babbler	Napothera naungmungensis, (formerly Rimator naungmungensis or Jabouilleia naungmungensis)	Myanmar.

References

• Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

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