Chestnut-capped babbler
| Chestnut-capped babbler | |
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| Timalia pileata bengalensis from Baur reservoir area of Uttarakhand, India | |
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| 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 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.
- ↑ "ITIS Report Timalia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ↑ Baral, H.S., Inskipp, C. (2009) The Birds of Sukla Phanta Wildlife Reserve, Nepal. Our Nature (2009) 7: 56-81 download pdf
- 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.
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