Robsonius rabori (Rusty-faced Babbler)

Rusty-faced Babbler

Robsonius rabori (Rand, AL 1960)

The Cordillera ground warbler, also known as Rabor's wren-babbler or the Luzon wren-babbler, is a species of bird currently placed in the family Locustellidae. It is endemic to the Philippines found in the Northwest Luzon in the foothills of the Cordillera Mountain Range. Some taxonomists continue to list the species in the Timaliidae, others in the Pellorneidae.There are no known photographs of live Cordillera ground warblers in the wild. Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Locustellidae
Genus:
   Robsonius
Scientific:
  Robsonius rabori

Original description

Citation:
(Rand, AL 1960)

Reference:
Fieldiana Zool. 39 p.377

Protonym:
Napothera rabori

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2840188

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
A06552F554C66EA2

Avibase ID:
avibase-A06552F5

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/A06552F5

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 916082

VULNERABLE

Geographic range:

Robsonius rabori: northern Luzon (northernmost Ilocos Norte Province), Philippines

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Rusty-faced Babbler
Catalan:
tordina de galtes carbassa
Czech:
timálka luzonská
Danish:
Luzongærdesmuttetimalie
German:
Rostkopf-Grundsänger
Spanish:
Ratina de Rabor
Spanish (Spain):
Ratina de Rabor
Finnish:
luzoninpeukaloistimali
French:
Robsonie de Luçon
Croatian:
luzonski cvrčić
Italian:
Garrulo scricciolo di Rabor
Japanese (romaji):
shiraboshisazaichimedori
Japanese:
シラボシサザイチメドリ
Lithuanian:
Rusvagalvė dryžasparnė timalija
Dutch:
Rands Sluiptimalia
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Cordilleramarksongar
Norwegian:
Cordilleramarksanger
Polish:
perłopiórek rdzawouchy
Portuguese:
mateiro-da-cordilheira-de-lução
Russian:
Краснолицый жемчужнокрыл
Slovak:
zičiak nížinný
Swedish:
kordiljärgräsfågel
Ukrainian:
Робсонія лусонська
Chinese:
吕宋鹪鹛
Chinese (Traditional):
科地耶拉短翅鶯

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Rusty-faced Babbler ( Robsonius rabori)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Rabor's Wren-Babbler ( Napothera rabori)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Rusty-faced Babbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Rusty-faced Babbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Rusty-faced Babbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Rusty-faced Babbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Rusty-faced Babbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Rusty-faced Babbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Rusty-faced Babbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Cordillera Ground-warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Cordillera Ground-warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Cordillera Ground-warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Cordillera Ground-warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Cordillera Ground-warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Cordillera Ground-warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Cordillera Ground-warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021: Cordillera Ground-Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022: Cordillera Ground-Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Cordillera Ground-Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015: Cordillera Ground-Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016: Cordillera Ground-Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017: Cordillera Ground-Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018: Cordillera Ground-Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019: Cordillera Ground-Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55: Cordillera Ground-Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
eBird version 2015: Cordillera Ground-Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
eBird version 2016: Cordillera Ground-Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
eBird version 2017: Cordillera Ground-Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
eBird version 2018: Cordillera Ground-Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
eBird version 2019: Cordillera Ground-Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: Cordillera Ground-Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
eBird version 2022: Cordillera Ground-Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Robsonius rabori rabori [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Robsonius rabori rabori [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Cordillera Ground-warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Cordillera Ground-warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Cordillera Ground-warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Cordillera Ground Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Cordillera Ground Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Cordillera Ground Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Cordillera Ground Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Cordillera Ground Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Cordillera Ground Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Cordillera Ground Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Cordillera Ground Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Cordillera Ground Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Cordillera Ground Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Cordillera Ground Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Cordillera Ground Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Cordillera Ground Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Cordillera Ground Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Cordillera Ground Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Cordillera Ground Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Cordillera Ground Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Cordillera Ground Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Cordillera Ground Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Cordillera Ground Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Cordillera Ground Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Cordillera Ground Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Cordillera Ground Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Cordillera Ground Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Cordillera Ground Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Cordillera Ground Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Cordillera Ground Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Cordillera Ground Warbler ( Robsonius rabori) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Robsonius [rabori or thompsoni] (sensu lato) by some authors

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