Stachyris is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World babbler family, Timaliidae.
| Stachyris | |
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| Grey-throated babbler in Sikkim, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Timaliidae |
| Genus: | Stachyris Hodgson, 1844 |
| Type species | |
| Stachyris nigriceps Blyth, 1844
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Taxonomy
editThe 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
editThe genus includes the following species:[4]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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| 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 | |
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Grey-throated babbler | Stachyris nigriceps | Himalayas of Nepal to south China, Vietnam, Sumatra and Borneo |
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Grey-headed babbler | Stachyris poliocephala | Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo |
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Spot-necked babbler | Stachyris strialata | east Myanmar to south China, Vietnam and Sumatra |
| Snowy-throated babbler | Stachyris oglei | northeast India and Myanmar | |
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Chestnut-rumped babbler | Stachyris maculata | Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and satellites, and Borneo |
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White-necked babbler | Stachyris leucotis | Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo |
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Black-throated babbler | Stachyris nigricollis | Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo |
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White-bibbed babbler | Stachyris thoracica | Bali and Java |
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Sikkim wedge-billed babbler | Stachyris humei | Himalayas of India |
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Cachar wedge-billed babbler | Stachyris roberti | northeast India to southwest China |
For other former Stachyris species see under Cyanoderma, Sterrhoptilus and Zosterornis.
References
edit- ^ 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].
- ^ 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.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 364. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ 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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