Grey-throated babbler
The grey-throated babbler is a species of passerine bird in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae.
It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Taxonomy
The grey-throated babbler was formally described in 1844 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth under the current binomial name Stachyris nigriceps. He specified the locality as Nepal. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek stakhus meaning "ear of wheat" and rhis, rhinos meaning "nostrils". The specific epithet nigriceps is from Latin niger meaning "black" and "-ceps" meaning "-headed".Twelve subspecies are recognised:Stachyris nigriceps nigriceps Blyth, 1844 – central, east HimalayasStachyris nigriceps coltarti Harington, 1913 – northeast India, north Myanmar and southwest ChinaStachyris nigriceps spadix Ripley, 1948 – east, south Assam, east Bangladesh, south, southeast Myanmar and northwest, west ThailandStachyris nigriceps yunnanensis La Touche, 1921 – east Myanmar, north Thailand and south China to north, central IndochinaStachyris nigriceps rileyi Chasen, 1936 – south IndochinaStachyris nigriceps dipora Oberholser, 1922 – north, central Malay PeninsulaStachyris nigriceps davisoni Sharpe, 1892 – south Malay PeninsulaStachyris nigriceps larvata – Sumatra and Lingga Island Stachyris nigriceps natunensis Hartert, EJO, 1894 – north Natuna Islands Stachyris nigriceps tionis Robinson & Kloss, 1927 – Tioman Island Stachyris nigriceps hartleyi Chasen, 1935 – montane west BorneoStachyris nigriceps borneensis Sharpe, 1887 – montane north Borneo