Pseudo-Babblers

The Pomatostomidae (Australo-Papuan or Australasian babblers, also known as pseudo-babblers) are small to medium-sized birds endemic to Australia-New Guinea. For many years, the Australo-Papuan babblers were classified, rather uncertainly, with the Old World babblers (Timaliidae), on the grounds of similar appearance and habits. More recent research, however, indicates that they are too basal to belong the Passerida – let alone the Sylvioidea where the Old World babblers are placed – and they are now classed as a separate family close to the Orthonychidae (logrunners).

Specie di questa famiglia

• Papuan Babbler Garritornis isidorei
• Hall's Babbler Pomatostomus halli
• Chestnut-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus ruficeps
• White-browed Babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus
• Gray-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis