''Pomatostomus'' is a genus of small to medium-sized birds endemic to

Australia-New Guinea The continent of Australia, sometimes known in technical contexts by the names Sahul (), Australia-New Guinea, Australinea, Meganesia, or Papualand to distinguish it from the country of Australia, is located within the Southern and East ...

. All four species are distributed in Australia, and only the

grey-crowned babbler The grey-crowned babbler (''Pomatostomus temporalis'') is a species of bird in the family Pomatostomidae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lo ...

could also be found in south

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of ...

. ''Pomatostomus'' is the type genus of the family Pomatostomidae. It was the only genus in the family before the Papuan babbler was classified as a separate genus ''Garritornis''.

Species

References

External links

Pseudo-babbler videos
on the Internet Bird Collection Bird genera 01 Higher-level bird taxa restricted to the Australasia-Pacific region Pomatostomidae {{Bird-stub