Stachyris is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World babbler family, Timaliidae.
Taxonomy The genus Stachyris was introduced in 1844 in an article by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in which he quotes a diagnosis by Brian Houghton Hodgson. Hodgson designated the type species as the grey-throated babbler. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek stakhus, meaning "ear of wheat" and rhis, rhinos, meaning "nostrils".
Species The genus includes the following 13 species:
Image Common name Scientific name Distribution White-breasted babbler Stachyris grammiceps island of Java in Indonesia Sooty babbler Stachyris herberti Laos and Vietnam Nonggang babbler Stachyris nonggangensis southwest China and north Vietnam Grey-throated babbler Stachyris nigricepsHimalayas of Nepal to south China, Vietnam, Sumatra and Borneo Grey-headed babbler Stachyris poliocephala Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo Spot-necked babbler Stachyris strialataeast Myanmar to south China, Vietnam and Sumatra Snowy-throated babbler Stachyris oglei northeast India and Myanmar Chestnut-rumped babbler Stachyris maculata Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and satellites, and Borneo White-necked babbler Stachyris leucotis Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo Black-throated babbler Stachyris nigricollis Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo White-bibbed babbler Stachyris thoracica Bali and Java Sikkim wedge-billed babbler Stachyris humei Himalayas of India Cachar wedge-billed babbler Stachyris roberti northeast India to southwest China For other former Stachyris species see under Cyanoderma, Sterrhoptilus and Zosterornis.
References
Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.