Grey-throated babbler

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Grey-throated babbler
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Stachyris nigriceps nigriceps from Chitwan National Park, Nepal
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Timaliidae
Genus: Stachyris
Species:
S. nigriceps
Binomial name
Stachyris nigriceps
Blyth, 1844

The grey-throated babbler (Stachyris nigriceps) is a species of passerine bird in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae.

It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Taxonomy

The grey-throated babbler was formally described in 1844 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth under the current binomial name Stachyris nigriceps. He specified the locality as Nepal. [2] [3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek stakhus meaning "ear of wheat" and rhis, rhinos meaning "nostrils". The specific epithet nigriceps is from Latin niger meaning "black" and "-ceps" meaning "-headed". [4]

Twelve subspecies are recognised:

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Stachyris nigriceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22716255A94486828. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716255A94486828.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Blyth, Edward (1844). "Appendix to Mr. Blyth's report for December Meeting, 1842 (continued)". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 13 (149): 361–395 [378–379].
  3. Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds. (1964). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 309.
  4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp.  364, 271. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
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