Babblers (Timaliidae)

Puff-throated Babbler (Pellorneum ruficeps) - HBW 12, p. 194

French: Akalat à poitrine tachetée German: Streifenbrust-Erdtimalie Spanish: Tordina Pechiestriada
Other common names: Spotted/Striped Babbler

Taxonomy: Pellorneum ruficeps Swainson, 1832, Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, India.
Race present in N Myanmar uncertain, presumed to be pectorale; similarly, in Cambodia, race in NE presumably ubonense, in E deignani, and in SE dilloni. Despite high number of named races, several more may exist, e.g. in Myanmar (Arakan, and in Sittang valley), in NC plains of Thailand, and in Peninsular Malaysia (Langkawi I). Twenty-eight subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

punctatum (Gould, 1838) - SW Jammu and Kashmir E to Uttaranchal Pradesh, in N India.
mandellii Blanford, 1871 - Nepal E to NE India (C Arunachal Pradesh).
ruficeps Swainson, 1832 - peninsular India except S.

See all 28 subspecies

punctatum (Gould, 1838) - SW Jammu and Kashmir E to Uttaranchal Pradesh, in N India.
mandellii Blanford, 1871 - Nepal E to NE India (C Arunachal Pradesh).
ruficeps Swainson, 1832 - peninsular India except S.
olivaceum Jerdon, 1839 - SW India.
pallidum Abdulali, 1982 - SE India.
chamelum Deignan, 1947 - NE Indian states S of R Brahmaputra (except Manipur) and E Bangladesh.
pectorale Godwin-Austen, 1877 - NE India (E Arunachal Pradesh) and extreme N Myanmar.
ripleyi Deignan, 1947 - Margherita area of E Assam (NE India).
vocale Deignan, 1951 - Manipur Valley (NE India).
stageri Deignan, 1947 - S part of N Myanmar.
hilarum Deignan, 1947 - W (N Chin State) & C Myanmar.
victoriae Deignan, 1947 - C & S Chin State (W Myanmar).
shanense Deignan, 1947 - E Myanmar and S China (W & SW Yunnan).
minus Hume, 1873 - S Myanmar.
subochraceum Swinhoe, 1871 - SE Myanmar (including N Tenasserim) and adjacent W Thailand.
insularum Deignan, 1947 - extreme S Myanmar (S Tenasserim).
indistinctum Deignan, 1947 - extreme NW Thailand.
chthonium Deignan, 1947 - NW Thailand (except extreme N).
elbeli Deignan, 1956 - NE Thailand.
dusiti Dickinson & Chaiyaphun, 1970 - W slope of Dong Phraya Fai range (W part of NE Thailand).
acrum Deignan, 1947 - W & S Thailand and N Peninsular Malaysia.
oreum Deignan, 1947 - S China (S Yunnan), N Laos and NW Vietnam (W Tonkin).
vividum La Touche, 1921 - SE Yunnan and N & C Vietnam (E Tonkin, N & C Annam).
ubonense Deignan, 1947 - NE (E part) Thailand, S Laos and adjacent NE Cambodia.
euroum Deignan, 1947 - SE Thailand and Cambodia (except E).
deignani Delacour, 1951 - S Vietnam (S Annam) and adjacent E Cambodia.
dilloni Delacour, 1951 - S Vietnam (Cochinchina) and adjacent SE Cambodia.
smithi Riley, 1924 - coastal islands off SE Thailand.