Flame-templed Babbler

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Timaliidae
Genus:	Dasycrotapha
Species:	D. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future An endangered species is a population of an organism which is at risk of becoming Extinct because it is either few in numbers or threatened by changing environmental or predation Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. The Old World babblers or timaliids are a large family of mostly Old World Passerine Birds They are rather diverse in size and coloration speciosa

Binomial name

Dasycrotapha speciosa
(Tweeddale, 1878)

Synonyms

Stachyris speciosa (Tweeddale, 1878)

The Flame-templed Babbler (Dasycrotapha speciosa) is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. Colonel Arthur Hay 9th Marquess of Tweeddale ( 9 November 1824 &ndash 29 December 1878) known before 1862 as Lord Arthur Hay and between In Scientific nomenclature, synonyms are different Scientific names used for a single Taxon. Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. The Old World babblers or timaliids are a large family of mostly Old World Passerine Birds They are rather diverse in size and coloration It is monotypic within the genus Dasycrotapha. Monotypic is an adjective that refers to a taxonomic group with only one type: In Botany, "monotypic" means that a Taxon has only It is endemic to the Philippines. Endemism is the Ecological state of being unique to a place Endemic species are not naturally found elsewhere The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. A habitat (which is Latin for "it inhabits" is an Ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular Species. A forest is an area with a high density of Trees There are many definitions of a forest based on various criteria It is threatened by habitat loss. Habitat destruction is the process in which natural Habitat is rendered functionally unable to support the species originally present

References

BirdLife International 2004. Dasycrotapha speciosa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.
Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) Pp. 70 - 291 in; del Hoyo, J. , Elliott, A. & Christie, D. A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. HBW_-_Taxonomygif|right|frame|(400 × 258 pixels file size38KBMIME typeimage/gif|HBW-Page on Taxonomy]]HBW-accounts_8-082-083_copia 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

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