The Bornean swamp babbler (''Pellorneum macropterum'') is a species of bird in the ground babbler family

Pellorneidae The jungle babblers are a family, Pellorneidae, of mostly Old World passerine birds belonging to the superfamily Sylvioidea. They are quite diverse in size and coloration, and usually characterised by soft, fluffy plumage and a tail on average th ...

that is found in northern and central

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and Banggi Island. It was formerly considered to be a

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of the white-chested babbler, now renamed the Malayan swamp babbler (''Pellorneum rostratum'').

Taxonomy

The Bornean swamp babbler was formally described in 1868 by the Italian zoologist Tommaso Salvadori based on a specimen collected in

. He placed it with the shortwings in the

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

Brachypteryx ''Brachypteryx'' is a genus of passerine birds containing six species known as shortwings, that occurs in southeast Asia. Shortwings are small birds with long legs, finely pointed bills, short tails and short rounded wings. They are shy elusive ...

'' and coined the

binomial name In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

''Brachypteryx macroptera''. The specific epithet is from

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''makropteros'' meaning "long-winged" (from ''makros'' meaning "long" and ''pteron'' meaning "wing". The Bornean swamp babbler is now placed in the genus ''

Pellorneum ''Pellorneum'' is a genus of passerine birds in the family Pellorneidae. Some of its species were formerly placed in the genus ''Trichastoma''. The genus contains the following species: * Spot-throated babbler (''Pellorneum albiventre'') * Mar ...

'' that was introduced in 1832 by the English naturalist William Swainson. It was formerly treated as a

of the white-chested babbler (renamed the Malayan swamp babbler) (''Pellorneum rostratum'') but based on vocal and genetic differences it is now treated as a separate species and is considered to be

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: no

are recognised.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q124220397 Pellorneum Birds of Malesia Birds described in 1868 Taxa named by Tommaso Salvadori