Rufous-tailed babbler

The rufous-tailed babbler (Moupinia poecilotis) is a bird species in the family Paradoxornithidae. As with many other species known as "babblers", it was formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It is endemic to central China.

Rufous-tailed babbler
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Paradoxornithidae
Genus:	Moupinia David & Oustalet, 1877
Species:	M. poecilotis
Binomial name
Moupinia poecilotis (Verreaux, 1871)
Synonyms
Chrysomma poecilotis

The genus Moupinia was introduced by the French ornithologists Armand David and Émile Oustalet in 1877.^[2]