Chestnut-capped babbler

Chestnut-capped babbler
Timalia pileata bengalensis from Baur reservoir area of Uttarakhand, India
Timalia pileata bengalensis from Faridabad, Haryana, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Timaliidae
Genus: Timalia
Horsfield, 1821
Species: T. pileata
Binomial name
Timalia pileata
Horsfield, 1821

The chestnut-capped babbler (Timalia pileata) is a passerine bird of the Timaliidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Timalia.[2]

Distribution

This bird is native in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.[1]

The Sukla Phanta Wildlife Reserve in Nepal represents the western limit of its distribution.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 BirdLife International (2012). "Timalia pileata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. "ITIS Report Timalia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  3. Baral, H.S., Inskipp, C. (2009) The Birds of Sukla Phanta Wildlife Reserve, Nepal. Our Nature (2009) 7: 56-81 download pdf


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