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Nepal Cupwing
Pnoepyga immaculata Martens, J & Eck, 1991
Pnoepygidae — Cupwings
Nepal Cupwing, Pnoepyga immaculata, is a passerine of the Indian Himalayas and Nepal, with its breeding range extending through the Oriental Region from the Indian Himalayas to Nepal. It lives in dense montane forest and thick understorey at middle and lower mountain levels, and is also found on the forest floor in dark woodland. The species was first described by Martens and Eck in 1991. It is a small cupwing with dark scaling above and paler scaling below, a scaly breast, pale feather edges on the wings and a very short tail.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Pnoepygidae — Cupwings
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: Indian Himalayas to Nepal
