Babblers (Timaliidae)
Jerdon's Babbler (Chrysomma altirostre) - HBW 12, p. 135
French: Moupinie de Jerdon
German: Jerdontimalie
Spanish: Timalí de Jerdon
Other common names: Hume’s Babbler; Sind Babbler (scindicum)
Taxonomy: Chrysomma altirostre Jerdon, 1862, island off Thayetmyo, in Irrawaddy River, Myanmar.
Previously placed in genus Moupinia. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- scindicum (Harington, 1915) - Indus Plains, in Pakistan.
- griseigulare (Hume, 1877) - S Nepal and NE India.
- altirostre Jerdon, 1862 - N & S Myanmar (Irrawaddy-Sittang river plain).
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