Stachyris

Stachyris
Grey-throated babbler in Sikkim, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Timaliidae
Genus:	Stachyris Hodgson, 1844
Type species
Stachyris nigriceps Blyth, 1844

Stachyris is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World babbler family, Timaliidae.

Taxonomy

The genus Stachyris was introduced in 1844 in an article by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in which he quotes a diagnosis by Brian Houghton Hodgson. Hodgson designated the type species as the grey-throated babbler. ^{[1] [2]} The genus name combines the Ancient Greek stakhus, meaning "ear of wheat" and rhis, rhinos, meaning "nostrils". ^[3]

Species

The genus includes the following species: ^[4]

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
	White-breasted babbler	Stachyris grammiceps	island of Java in Indonesia
	Sooty babbler	Stachyris herberti	Laos and Vietnam
	Nonggang babbler	Stachyris nonggangensis	southwest China and north Vietnam
	Grey-throated babbler	Stachyris nigriceps	Himalayas of Nepal to south China, Vietnam, Sumatra and Borneo
	Grey-headed babbler	Stachyris poliocephala	Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo
	Spot-necked babbler	Stachyris strialata	east Myanmar to south China, Vietnam and Sumatra
	Snowy-throated babbler	Stachyris oglei	northeast India and Myanmar
	Chestnut-rumped babbler	Stachyris maculata	Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and satellites, and Borneo
	White-necked babbler	Stachyris leucotis	Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo
	Black-throated babbler	Stachyris nigricollis	Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo
	White-bibbed babbler	Stachyris thoracica	Bali and Java
	Sikkim wedge-billed babbler	Stachyris humei	Himalayas of India
	Cachar wedge-billed babbler	Stachyris roberti	northeast India to southwest China

For other former Stachyris species see under Cyanoderma , Sterrhoptilus and Zosterornis .

References

1. 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].
2. Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 528. ISBN   978-0-9568611-2-2.
3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 364. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Babblers & fulvettas". IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

• 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.