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Genus: ''Stachyris'' | Genus: ''Stachyris'' | ||
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
This genus contains almost 30 medium-sized Babblers from SE-[[Asia]]. | This genus contains almost 30 medium-sized Babblers from SE-[[Asia]]. | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
''Stachyris'' is a genus in the Family [[:Category:Timaliidae|Timaliidae]].<br/ > | ''Stachyris'' is a genus in the Family [[:Category:Timaliidae|Timaliidae]].<br/ > | ||
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[[Category:Timaliidae]] | [[Category:Timaliidae]] |
Latest revision as of 18:06, 16 September 2015
Genus: Stachyris
Description
This genus contains almost 30 medium-sized Babblers from SE-Asia. They have in common:
- Relatively short, rounded wings
- Wings longer than tail
- Strong legs
- Stiff forehead feathers
- Medium-length straight bill
- Oval nares
Taxonomy
Stachyris is a genus in the Family Timaliidae.
Some species from the Philippines which were formerly included here have been moved to the genera Sterrhoptilus, Dasycrotapha and Zosterornis. Other species from southeast Asia are sometimes separated in genus Stachyridopsis or in Cyanoderma.
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S. grammiceps | White-breasted Babbler | ||
S. nigricollis | Black-throated Babbler | ||
S. maculata | Chestnut-rumped Babbler | ||
S. nigriceps | Grey-throated Babbler | ||
S. poliocephala | Grey-headed Babbler | ||
S. leucotis | White-necked Babbler | ||
S. thoracica | White-bibbed Babbler | ||
S. oglei | Snowy-throated Babbler | ||
S. strialata | Spot-necked Babbler | ||
S. herberti | Sooty Babbler | ||
S. nonggangensis | Nonggang Babbler | ||
S. humei | Sikkim Wedge-billed Babbler | ||
S. roberti | Cachar Wedge-billed Babbler | ||
References
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553422
Pages in category ‘Stachyris’
The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.