Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Australo-Papuan babblers Grey-crowned Babbler. Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Pomatostomidae Genus: Pomatostomus Species  Pomatostomus isidorei  Pomatostomus temporalis  Pomatostomus superciliosus  Pomatostomus halli  Pomatostomus ruficeps The Pomatostomidae or Australo-Papuan babblers are small to medium-sized birds endemic to Australia-New Guinea. All five species are ground-feeding omnivores and highly social. Babblers live in family groups and small flocks of up to about 20 individuals and forage communally, calling loudly to one another all day long. 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 belong to the Corvidia ("crow-like passerines) rather than the Passerida ("sparrow-like passerines") and they are now classed as a separate family. Both groups, however, retain the common name of babbler. ORDER PASSERIFORMES (many other families) Family Pomatostomidae New Guinea Babbler, Pomatostomus isidorei Gray-crowned Babbler, Pomatostomus temporalis White-browed Babbler, Pomatostomus superciliosus Hall's Babbler, Pomatostomus halli Chestnut-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus ruficeps This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.