Chestnut-capped Babbler (Timalia pileata)

Other Names (World)
Chestnut-capped Babbler, Red-capped Babbler

Family
Timaliidae (Scimitar-babblers And Allies)

Size
15.50 - 17 cm

First Described (Guide)
Horsfield, 1821

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist shrubland, lowland seasonally wet / flooded grassland.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam.

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 LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (136)...)

Chestnut-capped Babbler (Timalia pileata) [XC24554]
by D.Farrow from Tmat Boey, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia (song)

Chestnut-capped Babbler (Timalia pileata) [XC626216]
by Jelle Scharringa from Huay Tueng Tao, Chiang Mai, Thailand (song)

Subspecies
The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

bengalensis Godwin-Austen, 1872 - Northern and north-eastern India (eastern from eastern Uttaranchal Pradesh, south to northern Uttar Pradesh, northern Bihar and eastern Orissa), southern Nepal, Bangladesh and north-western and western Myanmar.
smithi Deignan, 1955 - Northern and eastern Myanmar, north-western Thailand, southern China (western and southern Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong), northern and central Laos and northern Vietnam (Tonkin, northern Annam).
intermedia Kinnear, 1924 - Central and southern Myanmar (east of R Irrawaddy) and western Thailand (Kanchanaburi).
patriciae Deignan, 1955 - South-western Thailand.
dictator Kinnear, 1930 - North-eastern and south-eastern Thailand and southern Indochina.
pileata Horsfield, 1821 - Western Java.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Chestnut-capped Babbler (Timalia pileata) - 10 files

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