Babblers (Timaliidae)

Grey-throated Babbler (Stachyris nigriceps) - HBW 12, p. 161

French: Timalie à tête rayée German: Graukehl-Buschtimalie Spanish: Timalí Gorjigrís
Other common names: Black-throated/Grey Babbler

Taxonomy: St[achyris]. nigriceps Blyth, 1844, Nepal.
Thirteen subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • nigriceps Blyth, 1844 - C & E Nepal E to NE India (to C Arunachal Pradesh) and adjacent S China (SE Xizang).
  • coei Ripley, 1952 - E Arunachal Pradesh (Mishmi Hills), in NE India.
  • coltarti Harington, 1913 - extreme NE India (SE Arunachal Pradesh S to Nagaland and adjacent S Assam), N & NE Myanmar and S China (W Yunnan).

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  • nigriceps Blyth, 1844 - C & E Nepal E to NE India (to C Arunachal Pradesh) and adjacent S China (SE Xizang).
  • coei Ripley, 1952 - E Arunachal Pradesh (Mishmi Hills), in NE India.
  • coltarti Harington, 1913 - extreme NE India (SE Arunachal Pradesh S to Nagaland and adjacent S Assam), N & NE Myanmar and S China (W Yunnan).
  • spadix Ripley, 1948 - Meghalaya and S Assam (N Cachar) E to Mizoram (NE India), E Bangladesh, S & SE Myanmar (including Tenasserim) and NW & W Thailand.
  • yunnanensis La Touche, 1921 - extreme E Myanmar, N Thailand, S China (S Yunnan, SW Guangxi), N & C Laos and N Vietnam (Tonkin, N Annam).
  • rileyi Chasen, 1936 - S Laos and C & S Vietnam (C & S Annam, N Cochinchina).
  • dipora Oberholser, 1922 - C & S peninsular Thailand.
  • davisoni Sharpe, 1892 - extreme S peninsular Thailand and Peninsular Malayasia.
  • tionis Robinson & Kloss, 1927 - Tioman I, off E Peninsular Malaysia.
  • larvata (Bonaparte, 1850) - Sumatra and Lingga Archipelago.
  • natunensis E. J. O. Hartert, 1894 - N Natuna Is.
  • hartleyi Chasen, 1935 - W Borneo.
  • borneensis Sharpe, 1887 - N Borneo.