''Stachyris'' is a

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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 Edward Blyth (23 December 1810 – 27 December 1873) was an English zoologist who worked for most of his life in India as a curator of zoology at the museum of the Asiatic Society of India in Calcutta. Blyth was born in London in 1810. In 1841 ...

in which he quotes a diagnosis by

Brian Houghton Hodgson Brian Houghton Hodgson (1 February 1800 or more likely 1801 – 23 May 1894) was a pioneer naturalist and ethnologist working in India and Nepal where he was a British Resident. He described numerous species of birds and mammals from the Himala ...

. Hodgson designated the

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as the

grey-throated babbler The grey-throated babbler (''Stachyris nigriceps'') is a species of passerine bird in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. ...

. The genus name combines the

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''stakhus'' meaning "ear of wheat" and ''rhis'', ''rhinos'' meaning "nostrils".

Species

The genus includes the following species: For other former ''Stachyris'' species see under ''

Cyanoderma ''Cyanoderma'' is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae. Many of these species were formerly placed in the genus '' Stachyris'' Taxonomy A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2012 found that the genus '' St ...

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Sterrhoptilus ''Sterrhoptilus'' is a songbird genus recently separated from '' Stachyris''. It used to be placed in the family Timaliidae. With other "Old World babblers" of the genus ''Yuhina'', it was recently determined to be better placed in the family ...

'' and ''

Zosterornis ''Zosterornis'' is a genus of passerine birds in the white-eye family (biology), family Zosteropidae. The five species in the genus are endemism, endemic to the Philippines. Taxonomy The genus ''Zosterornis'' was introduced in 1894 by the Scott ...

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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. Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Timaliidae-stub