Grey-throated Babbler (Stachyris nigriceps)

Other Names (World)
Grey-throated Babbler, Gray-throated Babbler, Black-throated Babbler, Grey Babbler, Gray Babbler

Family
Timaliidae (Scimitar-babblers And Allies)

Size
12.50 - 14 cm

First Described (Guide)
Blyth, 1844

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. Also, moist shrubland, plantations.

Range (Guide)

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (128)...)

Grey-throated Babbler (Stachyris nigriceps) [XC701760]
by Bram Piot from Pha Ngern valley and viewpoint, Vang Vieng, Vientiane Province, Laos (song)

Grey-throated Babbler (Stachyris nigriceps) [XC136009]
by Mike Nelson from Liwagu Restaurant, Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia (song)

Subspecies
The following 13 subspecies are recognised:

nigriceps Blyth, 1844 - Central and eastern Nepal east to north-eastern India (to central Arunachal Pradesh) and adjacent southern China (south-eastern Xizang).
coei Ripley, 1952 - Eastern Arunachal Pradesh (Mishmi Hills), in north-eastern India.
coltarti Harington, 1913 - Extreme north-eastern India (south-eastern Arunachal Pradesh south to Nagaland and adjacent southern Assam), northern and north-eastern Myanmar and southern China (western Yunnan).
spadix Ripley, 1948 - Meghalaya and southern Assam (northern Cachar) east to Mizoram (north-eastern India), eastern Bangladesh, southern and south-eastern Myanmar (including Tenasserim) and north-western and western Thailand.
yunnanensis La Touche, 1921 - Extreme eastern Myanmar, northern Thailand, southern China (southern Yunnan, south-western Guangxi), northern and central Laos and northern Vietnam (Tonkin, northern Annam).
rileyi Chasen, 1936 - Southern Laos and central and southern Vietnam (central and southern Annam, northern Cochinchina).
dipora Oberholser, 1922 - Central and southern peninsular Thailand.
davisoni Sharpe, 1892 - Extreme southern peninsular Thailand and Peninsular Malayasia.
tionis Robinson & Kloss, 1927 - Tioman I, off eastern Peninsular Malaysia.
larvata (Bonaparte, 1850) - Sumatra and Lingga Archipelago.
natunensis Hartert, 1894 - Northern Natuna Is.
hartleyi Chasen, 1935 - Western Borneo.
borneensis Sharpe, 1887 - Northern Borneo.

References
See References.

Files:

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