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Malacopteron palawanense  Büttikofer, 1895
Taxonomic Serial No.: 560954

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Melodious Babbler [English]
  
    Akalat de Palawan [French]
  
    tordina-ruiva-de-palauă [Portuguese]
  
    tordina-melodiosa [Portuguese]
  
    Tordina de Palawan [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyPellorneidae Vigors & Delacour, 1946  
                               GenusMalacopteron Eyton, 1839  
                                  SpeciesMalacopteron palawanense Büttikofer, 1895 – Melodious Babbler, Akalat de Palawan, tordina-ruiva-de-palauă, tordina-melodiosa, Tordina de Palawan  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.   
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Malacopteron palawanense    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.2), website (version 15.2)  
  Acquired: 2026   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.2. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 17 Apr 2026]   
  Reference for: Malacopteron palawanense, Melodious Babbler [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Büttikofer, Johann   
  Publication Date: 1895   
  Article/Chapter Title: A Revision of the Genus Turdinus and Genera Allied to It, with an Enumeration of the Specimens Contained in the Leyden Museum   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Notes from the Leyden Museum, vol. 17   
  Page(s): 65-106   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: Available online via Biodiversity Heritage Library at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9640254   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright   
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Malacopteron palawanense, Melodious Babbler [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

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