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Pnoepyga pusilla  Hodgson, 1845
Taxonomic Serial No.: 562344

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Pygmy Cupwing [English]
  
    Microure maillée [French]
  
    microúra-pigmeia [Portuguese]
  
    ratinho-pigmeu [Portuguese]
  
    Ratina pigmea [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  
                            FamilyPnoepygidae  – cupwings  
                               GenusPnoepyga Hodgson, 1844  
                                  SpeciesPnoepyga pusilla Hodgson, 1845 – Pygmy Cupwing, Microure maillée, microúra-pigmeia, ratinho-pigmeu, Ratina pigmea  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SubspeciesPnoepyga pusilla annamensis Robinson & Kloss, 1919  
                                     SubspeciesPnoepyga pusilla everetti Rothschild, 1897  
                                     SubspeciesPnoepyga pusilla harterti Robinson & Kloss, 1918  
                                     SubspeciesPnoepyga pusilla lepida Salvadori, 1879  
                                     SubspeciesPnoepyga pusilla pusilla Hodgson, 1845  
                                     SubspeciesPnoepyga pusilla rufa Sharpe, 1882  
                                     SubspeciesPnoepyga pusilla timorensis Mayr, 1944  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.   
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Pnoepyga pusilla    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 Mar 2025]. doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1   
  Reference for: Pnoepyga pusilla, Pygmy Cupwing [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  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: Pnoepyga pusilla   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hodgson, Brian Houghton   
  Publication Date: 1845   
  Article/Chapter Title: On Nepalese Birds   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, vol. 13   
  Page(s): 22-37   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
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  Notes: Available online via Biodiversity Heritage Library at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862518   
  Reference for: original description   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

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