Stachyris
Genus of birds
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Stachyris is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World babbler family, Timaliidae.
| Stachyris | |
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| Grey-throated babbler in Sikkim, India | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Timaliidae |
| Genus: | Stachyris Hodgson, 1844 |
| Type species | |
| Stachyris nigriceps Blyth, 1844 | |
Taxonomy
The genus Stachyris was introduced in 1844 in an article by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in which he quotes a diagnosis by Brian Houghton Hodgson. Hodgson designated the type species as the grey-throated babbler.[1][2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek stakhus, meaning "ear of wheat" and rhis, rhinos, meaning "nostrils".[3]
Species
The genus includes the following species:[4]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| White-breasted babbler | Stachyris grammiceps | island of Java in Indonesia | |
| Sooty babbler | Stachyris herberti | Laos and Vietnam | |
| Nonggang babbler | Stachyris nonggangensis | southwest China and north Vietnam | |
| Grey-throated babbler | Stachyris nigriceps | Himalayas of Nepal to south China, Vietnam, Sumatra and Borneo |
 | Grey-headed babbler | Stachyris poliocephala | Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo |
.jpg) | Spot-necked babbler | Stachyris strialata | east Myanmar to south China, Vietnam and Sumatra |
| Snowy-throated babbler | Stachyris oglei | northeast India and Myanmar | |
.jpg) | Chestnut-rumped babbler | Stachyris maculata | Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and satellites, and Borneo |
 | White-necked babbler | Stachyris leucotis | Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo |
.jpg) | Black-throated babbler | Stachyris nigricollis | Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo |
 | White-bibbed babbler | Stachyris thoracica | Bali and Java |
 | Sikkim wedge-billed babbler | Stachyris humei | Himalayas of India |
 | Cachar wedge-billed babbler | Stachyris roberti | northeast India to southwest China |
For other former Stachyris species see under Cyanoderma, Sterrhoptilus and Zosterornis.
