Chestnut-capped babbler
Appearance
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Timalia pileata bengalensis from Baur reservoir area of Uttarakhand, India | |
Timalia pileata bengalensis from Faridabad, Haryana, India | |
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Genus: | Timalia Horsfield, 1821
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Species: | T. pileata
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Timalia pileata Horsfield, 1821
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The chestnut-capped babbler (Timalia pileata) is a passerine bird of the Timaliidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Timalia.[2]
Distribution
This bird is native in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.[1]
The Sukla Phanta Wildlife Reserve in Nepal represents the western limit of its distribution.[3]
References
- ^ a b Template:IUCN
- ^ "ITIS Report Timalia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ Baral, H.S., Inskipp, C. (2009) The Birds of Sukla Phanta Wildlife Reserve, Nepal. Our Nature (2009) 7: 56-81 download pdf
- 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.
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