Biology:Grey-throated babbler
| Grey-throated babbler | |
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| S.n.nigriceps from East Sikkim, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Timaliidae |
| Genus: | Stachyris |
| Species: | S. nigriceps
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| Binomial name | |
| Stachyris nigriceps Blyth, 1844
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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. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Taxonomy
The grey-throated babbler was formally described in 1844 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth under the current binomial name Stachyris nigriceps. He specified the locality as Nepal.[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek stakhus meaning "ear of wheat" and rhis, rhinos meaning "nostrils". The specific epithet nigriceps is from Latin niger meaning "black" and "-ceps" meaning "-headed".[4]
Twelve subspecies 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 Chasen, 1936 – south Indochina
- S. n. dipora Oberholser, 1922 – north, central Malay Peninsula
- S. n. davisoni Sharpe, 1892 – south Malay Peninsula
- S. n. larvata (Bonaparte, 1850) – Sumatra and Lingga Island (east of central Sumatra)
- S. n. natunensis Hartert, EJO, 1894 – north Natuna Islands (northwest of Borneo)
- S. n. tionis Robinson & Kloss, 1927 – Tioman Island (off east Malay Peninsula)
- S. n. hartleyi Chasen, 1935 – montane west Borneo
- S. n. borneensis Sharpe, 1887 – montane north Borneo
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Stachyris nigriceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22716255A94486828. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716255A94486828.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22716255/94486828. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ 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]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40057205.
- ↑ Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds (1964). Check-List of Birds of the World. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 309. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14486498.
- ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 364, 271. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q1038419 entry
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