Birds of India - The New Synopsis

A complete checklist of bird species and subspecies found in India

Passeriformes (Perching Birds)

Pnoepygidae (Wren Babblers)

• Pnoepyga Hodgson, 1844 The zoological miscellany 3 p.82 Tesia albiventer Hodgson, 1837; Type by subsequent designation (Zimmer & Vaurie, 1954, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 74, p.41)
  • 805. Scaly-breasted Cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer (Hodgson, 1837)
    Alternative Names: Scaly-breasted Wren-Babbler
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 805a. Pnoepyga albiventer pallidior Kinnear, 1924 [HB#1197]
      Original Description: Pnoepyga albiventer pallidior Kinnear, 1924 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 45 p.10 (Dharamshala, Himachal)
      Distribution: W Himalaya from Jammu, Himachal, and Uttarakhand.
      Type Specimen: NHMUK#1924.10.9.1 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, MCZ, USNM
    • 805b. Pnoepyga albiventer albiventer (Hodgson, 1837) [HB#1198]
      Original Description: [Tesia] Albiventer Hodgson, 1837 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 6 p.102
      Taxonomy: Includes squamata Gould 1837 from Cachar and vegeta Koelz 1954 from Kohima.
      Distribution: N Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal, Nagaland, Cachar, Manipur, and Mizoram.
      Specimens: BNHS, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM
  
  
  • 806. Immaculate Cupwing Pnoepyga immaculata Martens & Eck, 1991
    Original Description: Pnoepyga immaculata Martens & Eck, 1991 Journal für Ornithologie 132 p.179-198
    Alternative Names: Nepal Wren Babbler, Nepal Cupwing
    Distribution: Himachal (Kullu and Sirmaur districts) and Uttarakhand.
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    Notes: A more comprehensive search of Pnoepyga specimens from W Himalaya across all museums may reveal some misidentified historical specimen.
  
  
  • 807. Pygmy Cupwing Pnoepyga pusilla Hodgson, 1845
    Alternative Names: Brown Wren Babbler, Pygmy Wren Babbler
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 807a. Pnoepyga pusilla pusilla Hodgson, 1845 [HB#1199]
      Original Description: [Pnoepyga] pusillus Hodgson, 1845 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 13, no.146 p.25
      Taxonomy: Includes pygmaea Koelz 1952 from Karong, Manipur.
      Distribution: Uttarakhand, N Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal, Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Cachar, Manipur, and Mizoram.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM