The Old World babblers or Timaliidae are a family of mostly Old World passerine birds. They are rather diverse in size and coloration, but are characterised by soft fluffy plumage. These are birds of tropical areas, with the greatest variety in Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. The timaliids are one of two unrelated groups of birds known as babblers, the other being the Australasian babblers of the family Pomatostomidae.
The wrentit is a small bird that lives in chaparral, oak woodlands, and bushland on the western coast of North America. It is the only species in the genus Chamaea.
Leiothrix is a genus of passerine birds in the family Leiothrichidae. They belong to a clade also containing at least the liocichlas, barwings, minlas and sibias. The sibias are possibly their closest living relatives.
The cutias are the passerine bird genus Cutia in the family Leiothrichidae. These birds are found in montane forests of continental South and Southeast Asia. The name is derived from the Nepali name khatya or khutya for the type species, the Himalayan cutia. The cutias are related to the alcippes and the laughingthrushes.
The rufous-backed sibia is a passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
The red-collared babbler, also known as the red-collared mountain-babbler, is a passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Macronus, the tit-babblers, are a genus of passerine birds in the family Timaliidae. This genus's name is frequently misspelled as Macronous.
Malacopteron is a genus of passerine birds in the family Pellorneidae.
Micromacronus is a bird genus in the family Cisticolidae endemic to the Philippines. Long considered to be monotypic, its members are known as miniature babblers or miniature tit-babblers. As the scientific as well as the common names indicate, their habitus resembles a diminutive version of the tit-babblers (Macronus). The genus was only described in 1962, upon the description of the first species, which had been collected by collector Manuel Celestino and Godofredo Alcasid, a zoologist at the Philippine National Museum. The genus was formerly placed in the family Timaliidae but a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2012 found that the genus was more closely related to species in the family Cisticolidae.
The Cordillera ground warbler, also known as Rabor's wren-babbler or the Luzon wren-babbler, is a species of bird currently placed in the family Locustellidae. It is endemic to the Philippines found in the Northwest Luzon in the foothills of the Cordillera Mountain Range. Some taxonomists continue to list the species in the Timaliidae, others in the Pellorneidae.There are no known photographs of live Cordillera ground warblers in the wild.
Pnoepyga is a genus of passerines endemic to southern and south eastern Asia. Its members are known as cupwings or wren-babblers. The genus contains five species. The genus has long been placed in the babbler family Timaliidae. A 2009 study of the DNA of the families Timaliidae and the Old World warblers (Sylviidae) found no support for the placement of the genus in either family, prompting the authors to erect a new monogeneric family, the Pnoepygidae.
Pseudoalcippe is a genus of passerine birds in the family Sylviidae that are found in Africa.
Ptilocichla is a genus of passerine birds in the family Pellorneidae.
Stachyris is a genus of passerine birds in the family Timaliidae.
Alcippe is a genus of passerine birds in the monotypic family Alcippeidae. The genus once included many other fulvettas and was previously placed in families Pellorneidae or Timaliidae.
Sterrhoptilus is a songbird genus recently separated from Stachyris. It used to be placed in the family Timaliidae. With other "Old World babblers" of the genus Yuhina, it was recently determined to be better placed in the family Zosteropidae.
The Afghan babbler is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found from southeastern Iraq to south western Pakistan. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the common babbler.
The Bicol ground warbler is a species of passerine bird in the family Locustellidae. I It is endemic to the island of Luzon in the Philippines found in the Southern parts of the island. It. along with the other species it was conspecific including the Cordillera ground warbler and Sierra Madre ground warbler is are one of the most elusive birds in the country. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The Sierra Madre ground warbler is a species of passerine bird in the family Locustellidae. It is endemic the Philippines on the island of Luzon in its northeastern and eastern side by the foothills of Sierra Madre.Its habitat is in tropical moist lowland and the lower reaches of tropical montane Forest. It along with its closest relatives the Cordillera ground warbler and Bicol ground warbler are one of the most elusive birds in the country due to their extremely shy nature. While not officially threatened its populations are said to be declining to do habitat destruction through deforestation.
Gypsophila is a genus of birds in the family Pellorneidae.
