Spotted Elachura (Elachura formosa) ©Ramki Sreenivasan
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. (Genesis 1:30-31 KJV)
CLASS – AVES, Order – PASSERIFORMES, Family – Elachuras – Elachuridae
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Latest I.O.C. Version
Species (1)
Spotted Elachura (Elachura formosa)
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Newly added this family – IOC Ver 4.2
It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. This species is found in undergrowth and dense thickets of this type of forest, with a preference for thick fern ground cover, mossy rocks and decaying trunks of fallen trees and brushwood (often near stream or creek) long grass and scrub.
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Articles Mentioning Birds From This Family:
- Sunday Inspiration – Seven Small Families
- New Elachura Bird Species With Unusual Song Discovered in Himalayas
- New bird family discovered in Asia – BBC
- What’s old is new… – Grrlscientist
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