Stachyris
Grey-throated babbler in Sikkim, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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.


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