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 NR    Buff-chested Babbler* Id (Atlas):
    Cyanoderma ambigua

Description (3)
Image of Buff-chested Babbler
 

Family
Timaliidae (Scimitar-babblers And Allies)

Size
11.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Harington, 1915)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest.

Range (Guide)
Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.

Northern and eastern India (Sikkim and northern West Bengal eastern throughout north-eastern states; northern Eastern Ghats in eastern Orissa and north-eastern Andhra Pradesh), Bhutan, eastern Bangladesh, and north-western Myanmar.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (50)...)

 
Buff-chested Babbler (Cyanoderma ambiguum) [XC464780]
     by Peter Boesman from Protection forest, first point count on forest edge, Laos university demostration forest, Vientiane Prefecture, Laos (song)

 
Buff-chested Babbler (Cyanoderma ambiguum) [XC747110]
     by Bram Piot from Nam Ngan forest west, Luang Namtha, Laos (song)

Subspecies
Subspecies ambigua, adjuncta, planicola and insuspecta of Rufous-fronted Babbler (Cyanoderma rufifrons) sometimes treated as included in this species.

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Rufous-fronted Babbler (Cyanoderma rufifrons).

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

  • ambigua Harington, 1915   -  Himalayas (Sikkim to Bhutan and Assam southern of the Brahmaputra). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Rufous-fronted Babbler (Cyanoderma rufifrons).
  • planicola (Mayr, 1941)   -  Southern part of northern Myanmar; probably also western Yunnan, in southern China. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Rufous-fronted Babbler (Cyanoderma rufifrons).
  • adjuncta (Deignan, 1939)   -  Northern Thailand, northern and central Laos and northern Vietnam (western Tonkin, northern Annam). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Rufous-fronted Babbler (Cyanoderma rufifrons).
  • insuspecta (Deignan, 1939)   -  Southern Laos. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Rufous-fronted Babbler (Cyanoderma rufifrons).



References
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Files:
JPG files for Buff-chested Babbler (Cyanoderma ambigua) - 3 files


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