Babblers (Timaliidae)

Rufous-capped Babbler (Stachyridopsis ruficeps) - HBW 12, p. 179

French: Timalie de Blyth German: Rotkopftimalie Spanish: Timalí Coronirrojo
Other common names: Red-headed/Rufous-crowned Babbler

Taxonomy: Stachyris ruficeps Blyth, 1847, Darjeeling, India.
Genus formerly merged with Stachyris. Geographical variation slight; some races possibly not tenable. Individuals of this genus observed in C Laos may belong with nominate race of present species or with race insuspecta of S. rufifrons; further study required. Seven subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

ruficeps ( Blyth, 1847) - E Nepal E to NE India (E Arunachal Pradesh) and adjacent S China (SE Xizang).
rufipectus ( Koelz, 1954) - E Arunachal Pradesh S to Nagaland, N Manipur and S Assam (N Cachar), in NE India.
bhamoensis Harington, 1908 - NE Myanmar and S China (W & NW Yunnan).

See all 7 subspecies

ruficeps ( Blyth, 1847) - E Nepal E to NE India (E Arunachal Pradesh) and adjacent S China (SE Xizang).
rufipectus ( Koelz, 1954) - E Arunachal Pradesh S to Nagaland, N Manipur and S Assam (N Cachar), in NE India.
bhamoensis Harington, 1908 - NE Myanmar and S China (W & NW Yunnan).
davidi Oustalet, 1899 - C & SE China (S Shaanxi S to C Sichuan and S & E Yunnan, E to Zhejiang and Guangdong), NW Laos and N Vietnam (Tonkin).
goodsoni Rothschild, 1903 - Hainan I.
praecognita ( Swinhoe, 1866) - Taiwan.
pagana Riley, 1940 - S Laos and S Vietnam (C & S Annam).