Spelaeornis

Typical wren-babblers
Rufous-throated wren-babbler, Spelaeornis caudatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Timaliidae
Genus:	Spelaeornis David & Oustalet, 1877
Species
9, see text

Spelaeornis, the typical wren-babblers, is a bird genus in the family Timaliidae. Among this group, the typical wren-babblers are quite closely related to the type species, the chestnut-capped babbler (Timalia pileata). One species that was earlier placed in the genus, the spotted elachura has been removed to a genus of its own Elachura and placed in a separate family.^[1]

It contains the following species:

• Rufous-throated wren-babbler, Spelaeornis caudatus
• Rusty-throated wren-babbler, Spelaeornis badeigularis
• Bar-winged wren-babbler, Spelaeornis troglodytoides
• Naga wren-babbler, Spelaeornis chocolatinus
• Grey-bellied wren-babbler, Spelaeornis reptatus - formerly included in S. chocolatinus
• Chin Hills wren-babbler, Spelaeornis oatesi - formerly included in S. chocolatinus
• Pale-throated wren-babbler, Spelaeornis kinneari - formerly included in S. chocolatinus
• Tawny-breasted wren-babbler, Spelaeornis longicaudatus

References

1. Alström, Per; Hooper, Daniel M.; Liu, Yang; Olsson, Urban; Mohan, Dhananjai; Gelang, Magnus; Manh, Hung Le; Zhao, Jian; Lei, Fumin; Price\ title= Discovery of a relict lineage and monotypic family of passerine birds, Trevor D. (2014). Biol. Lett. 10 (3). doi:10.1098/rsbl.2013.1067. Missing or empty |title= (help)

• 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.