Babblers (Timaliidae)

Chestnut-capped Babbler (Timalia pileata) - HBW 12, p. 183

French: Timalie coiffée German: Rotkappentimalie Spanish: Timalí Capirotado
Other common names: Red-capped Babbler

Taxonomy: Timalia pileata Horsfield, 1821, Java.
Six subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • bengalensis Godwin-Austen, 1872 - N & NE India (E from E Uttaranchal Pradesh, S to N Uttar Pradesh, N Bihar and E Orissa), S Nepal, Bangladesh and NW & W Myanmar.
  • smithi Deignan, 1955 - N & E Myanmar, NW Thailand, S China (W & S Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong), N & C Laos and N Vietnam (Tonkin, N Annam).
  • intermedia Kinnear, 1924 - C & S Myanmar (E of R Irrawaddy) and W Thailand (Kanchanaburi).

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  • bengalensis Godwin-Austen, 1872 - N & NE India (E from E Uttaranchal Pradesh, S to N Uttar Pradesh, N Bihar and E Orissa), S Nepal, Bangladesh and NW & W Myanmar.
  • smithi Deignan, 1955 - N & E Myanmar, NW Thailand, S China (W & S Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong), N & C Laos and N Vietnam (Tonkin, N Annam).
  • intermedia Kinnear, 1924 - C & S Myanmar (E of R Irrawaddy) and W Thailand (Kanchanaburi).
  • patriciae Deignan, 1955 - SW Thailand.
  • dictator Kinnear, 1930 - NE & SE Thailand and S Indochina.
  • pileata Horsfield, 1821 - W Java.