Grey-throated Babbler

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Timaliidae (Scimitar-babblers and allies)

Grey-throated Babbler

Stachyris nigriceps

黑头穗鹛 (hēi-tóu suì-méi)

    Malay : Kekicau-Kantan Rengkung Kelabu
    Japanese : ハイノドモリチメドリ (hai-nodo mori chime-dori)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 灰喉森知目鳥

    Size : 12-15 cm, 10-18 g

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Stachyris nigriceps nigriceps (Blyth, 1844) – Northern Grey-throated Babbler
  – C & E Nepal E to NE India (to C Arunachal Pradesh) and adjacent S China (SE Xizang).
• Stachyris nigriceps coei (Ripley, 1952)
  
  – E Arunachal Pradesh (Mishmi Hills), in NE India.
• Stachyris nigriceps coltarti (Harington, 1913) 
  
  – extreme NE India (SE Arunachal Pradesh S to Nagaland and adjacent S Assam), N & NE Myanmar and S China (W Yunnan).
• Stachyris nigriceps spadix (Ripley, 1948)
  
  – Meghalaya and S Assam (N Cachar) E to Mizoram (NE India), E Bangladesh, S & SE Myanmar (including Tenasserim) and NW & W Thailand.
• Stachyris nigriceps yunnanensis (La Touche, 1921)
  
  – extreme E Myanmar, N Thailand, S China (S Yunnan, SW Guangxi), N & C Laos and N Vietnam (Tonkin, N Annam).
• Stachyris nigriceps rileyi (Chasen, 1936)
  
  – S Laos and C & S Vietnam (C & S Annam, N Cochinchina).
• Stachyris nigriceps dipora (Oberholser, 1922)
  
  – C & S peninsular Thailand.
• Stachyris nigriceps davisoni (Sharpe, 1892)
  
  – extreme S peninsular Thailand and Peninsular Malayasia.
• Stachyris nigriceps tionis （Robinson & Kloss, 1927）
  
  – Tioman I, off E Peninsular Malaysia.
• Stachyris nigriceps larvata (Bonaparte, 1850) – Southern Grey-throated Babbler
  
  – Sumatra and Lingga Archipelago.
• Stachyris nigriceps natunensis (E. J. O. Hartert, 1894)
  
  – N Natuna Is.
• Stachyris nigriceps hartleyi （Chasen, 1935)
  
  – W Borneo.
• Stachyris nigriceps borneensis (Sharpe, 1887)
  
  – N Borneo.

Stachyris nigriceps ssp. borneensis
Date : 22 September 2022

Location : Trus Madi Forest Reserve, Tambunan, Bahagian Pedalaman, Sabah

Stachyris nigriceps ssp. davisoni
Date : 13 August 2017

Location : Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras, Daerah Raub, Pahang

Stachyris nigriceps ssp. davisoni
Date : 04 December 2016

Location : Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras, Daerah Raub, Pahang

Stachyris nigriceps ssp. borneensis
Date : 12 February 2016

Location : Kinabalu Park, Ranau, Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah

Stachyris nigriceps ssp. borneensis
Date : 12 February 2016

Location : Kinabalu Park, Ranau, Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah