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]

ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
White-breasted babblerStachyris grammicepsisland of Java in Indonesia
Sooty babblerStachyris herbertiLaos and Vietnam
Nonggang babblerStachyris nonggangensissouthwest China and north Vietnam
Grey-throated babblerStachyris nigricepsHimalayas of Nepal to south China, Vietnam, Sumatra and Borneo
Grey-headed babblerStachyris poliocephalaMalay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo
Spot-necked babblerStachyris strialataeast Myanmar to south China, Vietnam and Sumatra
Snowy-throated babblerStachyris ogleinortheast India and Myanmar
Chestnut-rumped babblerStachyris maculataMalay Peninsula, Sumatra and satellites, and Borneo
White-necked babblerStachyris leucotisMalay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo
Black-throated babblerStachyris nigricollisMalay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo
White-bibbed babblerStachyris thoracicaBali and Java
Sikkim wedge-billed babblerStachyris humeiHimalayas of India
Cachar wedge-billed babblerStachyris robertinortheast 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.


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