The
jewel-babblers are a
genus,
Ptilorrhoa of
birds in the
Cinclosomatidae family. The genus contains four species that are
endemic to
New Guinea. The genus was once considered to contain the
rail-babbler, but that species is now considered to belong to its own family. The genus is closely related to the better known
quail-thrushes (
Cinclosoma) of New Guinea and
Australia. Together with a number of other genera they comprise the
family Cinclosomatidae, although the validity of this family as a whole has been questioned.
