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.

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) [XC722692]
by Geoff Carey from Muang Nan Highlands (Buffalo farm area), Luang Prabang, Laos (song)

Chestnut-capped Babbler (Timalia pileata) [XC859452]
by Ding Li Yong from Xu\u00e2n T\u00e2n (near Long Khanh), Long Kh\u00e1nh, Dong Nai, Vietnam (song, subsong)

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:

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