''Spelaeornis'', the typical wren-babblers, is a

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...

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in the

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Timaliidae. Among this group, the typical wren-babblers are quite closely related to the

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, the

chestnut-capped babbler The chestnut-capped babbler (''Timalia pileata'') is a passerine bird of the family Timaliidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Timalia''. Distribution This bird is native in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nep ...

(''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.

Species

It contains the following species:

References

* Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. ''

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'', Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

External links

* * Timaliidae Old World babblers Bird genera Taxa named by Armand David Taxa named by Émile Oustalet Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Timaliidae-stub