Babblers (Timaliidae)

Chin Hills Wren-babbler (Spelaeornis oatesi) - HBW 12, p. 175

French: Timalie d’Oates German: Assam-Zaunkönigstimalie Spanish: Ratina de los Chin

Taxonomy: Urocichla oatesi Rippon, 1904, Mount Victoria, Southern Chin Hills, Upper Myanmar.
Formerly treated as conspecific with S. chocolatinus, S. reptatus and S. kinneari. Monotypic.

Distribution: E India (Mizoram) and W Myanmar (Chin Hills).