The crescent-chested babbler (''Cyanoderma melanothorax'') is a babbler species in the family Timaliidae and is native to the Indonesian islands of Java and

Bali Bali () is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller neighbouring islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nu ...

. It inhabits

subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forest, is a subtropical and tropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Description TSMF is generally found in large, discont ...

, montane forest and

shrubland Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally or be the result of human activity. It m ...

. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. It is ochreous-brown, has rufous-coloured wings, paler underparts and a black crescent across its breast. It is long. ''Myiothera melanothorax'' was the scientific name proposed by

Coenraad Jacob Temminck Coenraad Jacob Temminck (; 31 March 1778 – 30 January 1858) was a Dutch people, Dutch Aristocracy (class), aristocrat, Zoology, zoologist and museum director. Biography Coenraad Jacob Temminck was born on 31 March 1778 in Amsterdam in the Dut ...

in 1823 who described a babbler from Java. The generic name ''Cyanoderma'' was proposed by Tommaso Salvadori in 1874 for babblers with slender and pointed beaks. It was later placed in the genus ''

Stachyris ''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 ...

'', but since 2020 is recognised as a '' Cyanoderma'' species.

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* crescent-chested babbler Birds of Java Birds of Bali crescent-chested babbler Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Endemic birds of Indonesia {{Timaliidae-stub