Hume's bush warbler (Horornis brunnescens) is a species of bush warbler (family Cettiidae). It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.
| Hume's bush warbler | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cettiidae |
| Genus: | Horornis |
| Species: | H. brunnescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Horornis brunnescens (Hume, 1872)
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Cettia brunnescens | |
It is found in the Himalayas of Nepal and India.
It was formerly considered conspecific with the yellow-bellied bush warbler.
The name commemorates the British naturalist Allan Octavian Hume who worked in India.[2]
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Horornis brunnescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22735325A95108225. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22735325A95108225.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 173–174.