Golden Babbler (Cyanoderma chrysaeum)

Other Names (World)
Golden Babbler, Golden-headed Babbler

Family
Timaliidae (Scimitar-babblers And Allies)

Size
10 - 12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Blyth, 1844)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest.

Range (Guide)

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and decreasing.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (103)...)

Golden Babbler (Cyanoderma chrysaeum) [XC151544]
by Bram Vogels from Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Malaysia (song)

Golden Babbler (Cyanoderma chrysaeum) [XC126400]
by Hans Matheve from Mang Canh, Kon Tum Province, Vietnam (song)

Subspecies
Geographical variation poorly defined, and characters separating most of the subspecies very weak. A revision is probably needed. Populations in northern Thailand, southern Laos and central Vietnam (central Annam) not yet assigned to subspecies.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

chrysaea (Blyth, 1844) - Central Nepal east to Bhutan, north-eastern Indian hill states (except eastern Mizoram), northern and north-eastern Myanmar and adjacent southern China (south-eastern Xizang, north-western and western Yunnan).
binghami (Rippon, 1904) - Eastern Mizoram (north-eastern India) and western Myanmar.
aurata (Meyer de Schauensee, 1938) - Extreme eastern Myanmar, north-western Thailand (south to Chiang Dao), northern and central Laos, northern Vietnam (Tonkin, northern Annam) and southern China (southern Yunnan east to south-western Guangxi).
assimilis (Walden, 1875) - South-eastern Myanmar (including Tenasserim) and north-western and western Thailand.
chrysops (Richmond, 1902) - Southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.
frigida (Hartlaub, 1865) - Highlands of western Sumatra.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Golden Babbler (Cyanoderma chrysaeum) - 10 files

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