Jun 16, 2014 by Sergio Prostak
A group of ornithologists led by Dr Trevor Price of the University of Chicago has described a new family of birds that is represented by just one species, the Spotted wren-babbler.
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| The Spotted wren-babbler (Elachura formosa), a painting by John Gerrard Keulemans, 1892. |
The Spotted wren-babbler is a small perching bird found in China, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam.
This bird measures about 10 cm in length and has a short tail. It is brown above, white below, with rufous wings. It also has white speckles all over its body.
Previously, the spotted wren-babbler was included in the genus Spelaeornis as Spelaeornis formosus along with eight other species of wren-babblers.
But a new study of bird DNA has uncovered a big surprise.
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