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Chestnut-backed Jewel-babbler
Ptilorrhoa castanonota (Salvadori, 1876)
Cinclosomatidae — Jewel-babblers, Quail-thrushes
Chestnut-backed Jewel-babbler, Ptilorrhoa castanonota, is a bird of montane New Guinea in the family Cinclosomatidae. It was described by Salvadori in 1876. It is found in Australasia and is restricted to New Guinea. Its known habitat includes subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. The species belongs to the jewel-babblers and quail-thrushes, and its chestnut-backed form gives it its common name.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cinclosomatidae — Jewel-babblers, Quail-thrushes
- Breeding range
- Australasia: montane New Guinea
