Spelaeornis

Typical wren-babblers
Rufous-throated wren-babbler, (Spelaeornis caudatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Timaliidae
Genus:	Spelaeornis David & Oustalet, 1877
Type species
Pnoepyga troglodytoides [1] J. Verreaux, 1871
Species
8, see text

Spelaeornis, the typical wren-babblers, is a bird genus in the family Timaliidae. Among this group, the typical wren-babblers are quite closely related to the type species, the chestnut-capped babbler (Timalia pileata). One species that was earlier placed in the genus, the spotted elachura has been removed to a genus of its own Elachura and placed in a separate family. ^[2]

Species

It contains the following 8 species:

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Rufous-throated wren-babbler	Spelaeornis caudatus	Bhutan, India, and Nepal.
	Mishmi wren-babbler	Spelaeornis badeigularis	Northeast India.
	Bar-winged wren-babbler	Spelaeornis troglodytoides	Bhutan, China, India, and Myanmar.
	Naga wren-babbler	Spelaeornis chocolatinus	Nagaland and Manipur.
	Grey-bellied wren-babbler	Spelaeornis reptatus	China (Yunnan), India (Arunachal Pradesh), Myanmar, and Thailand.
	Chin Hills wren-babbler	Spelaeornis oatesi	India and Myanmar.
	Pale-throated wren-babbler	Spelaeornis kinneari	Vietnam
	Tawny-breasted wren-babbler	Spelaeornis longicaudatus	Khasi Hills of Northeast India

References

1. "Timalidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
2. Alström, Per; Hooper, Daniel M.; Liu, Yang; Olsson, Urban; Mohan, Dhananjai; Gelang, Magnus; Manh, Hung Le; Zhao, Jian; Lei, Fumin; Price\, Trevor D. (2014). "Discovery of a relict lineage and monotypic family of passerine birds". Biology Letters. 10 (3) 20131067. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2013.1067. PMC   3982435 . PMID   24598108.

• 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. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

External links

• Media related to Spelaeornis at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Spelaeornis at Wikispecies