Babblers (Timaliidae)

Chevron-breasted Babbler (Sphenocichla roberti) - HBW 12, p. 173

French: Timalie de Robert German: Ost-Keilschnabeltimalie Spanish: Ratina Picocuña Oriental
Other common names: Cachar/Eastern Wedge-billed Babbler; Wedge-billed Babbler/Wren-babbler (when treated as conspecific with S. humei)

Taxonomy: Sphenocichla roberti Godwin-Austen and Walden, 1875, North Cachar and Manipur Hills, India.
Formerly treated as conspecific with S. humei, but song different. Monotypic.

Distribution: NE India from E Arunachal Pradesh (Mishmi Hills) S to Assam (N Cachar, Margherita), Nagaland and N Manipur; N Myanmar and adjacent S China (NW Yunnan).