The grey-throated babbler (''Stachyris nigriceps'') is a species of

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bird in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae. It is found in

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, and

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. Its natural

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s are

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and subtropical or tropical moist

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Taxonomy

The grey-throated babbler was formally described in 1844 by the English zoologist

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under the current

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''Stachyris nigriceps''. He specified the

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as Nepal. The genus name combines the

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''stakhus'' meaning "ear of wheat" and ''rhis'', ''rhinos'' meaning "nostrils". The specific epithet ''nigriceps'' is from

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''niger'' meaning "black" and "-ceps" meaning "-headed". Twelve

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are recognised: * ''S. n. nigriceps'' Blyth, 1844 – central, east Himalayas * ''S. n. coltarti'' Harington, 1913 – northeast India, north Myanmar and southwest China * ''S. n. spadix'' Ripley, 1948 – east, south Assam (northeast India), east Bangladesh, south, southeast Myanmar and northwest, west Thailand * ''S. n. yunnanensis'' La Touche, 1921 – east Myanmar, north Thailand and south China to north, central Indochina * ''S. n. rileyi''

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, 1936 – south Indochina * ''S. n. dipora'' Oberholser, 1922 – north, central

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* ''S. n. davisoni'' Sharpe, 1892 – south Malay Peninsula * ''S. n. larvata'' ( Bonaparte, 1850) – Sumatra and

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(east of central Sumatra) * ''S. n. natunensis'' Hartert, EJO, 1894 – north

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(northwest of Borneo) * ''S. n. tionis''

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& Kloss, 1927 –

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(off east Malay Peninsula) * ''S. n. hartleyi'' Chasen, 1935 – montane west Borneo * ''S. n. borneensis'' Sharpe, 1887 – montane north Borneo

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.

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. ...

Birds of Eastern Himalaya Birds of Southeast Asia

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