Babblers (Timaliidae)

Bar-winged Wren-babbler (Spelaeornis troglodytoides) - HBW 12, p. 173

French: Timalie troglodyte German: Binden-Zaunkönigstimalie Spanish: Ratina Alibarrada
Other common names: Long-tailed Spotted Wren-babbler

Taxonomy: Pnoepyga troglodytoides J. Verreaux, 1870, "les montagnes du Thibet chinois" = Muping [Paohing], south-east Xizang, China.
Seven subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • sherriffi Kinnear, 1934 - E Bhutan and adjacent NE India (W Arunachal Pradesh).
  • indiraji Ripley et al., 1991 - SE Arunachal Pradesh (Namdapha National Park), in NE India.
  • souliei Oustalet, 1898 - NC Arunachal Pradesh (NE India) E to N Myanmar and S China (NW Yunnan W of R Salween).

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  • sherriffi Kinnear, 1934 - E Bhutan and adjacent NE India (W Arunachal Pradesh).
  • indiraji Ripley et al., 1991 - SE Arunachal Pradesh (Namdapha National Park), in NE India.
  • souliei Oustalet, 1898 - NC Arunachal Pradesh (NE India) E to N Myanmar and S China (NW Yunnan W of R Salween).
  • rocki Riley, 1929 - NW Yunnan (E of R Salween).
  • halsueti (David, 1875) - C China (S Gansu, S Shaanxi, N & NE Sichuan).
  • nanchuanensis Li Guiyuan et al., 1992 - SC China (C Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan).
  • troglodytoides (J. Verreaux, 1870) - S China (SW & WC Sichuan S to extreme NE Yunnan and N Guizhou).