Babblers (Timaliidae)

Rufous-tailed Babbler (Moupinia poecilotis) - HBW 12, p. 136

French: Moupinie à couronne rousse German: Rotschwanztimalie Spanish: Timalí Colirrufo
Other common names: Rufous-tailed Moupinia

Taxonomy: Alcippe pœcilotis J. Verreaux, 1870, “les montagnes du Thibet chinois” = Muping [Paohing], south-east Xizang, China.
Has in the past been placed in genus Chrysomma. Birds from NW Yunnan sometimes recognized as a geographical race, sordidior. Treated as monotypic.

Distribution: N Sichuan S to NW Yunnan, in S China.