Birds Thru My Eyes : MALAYSIA: Babbler; Grey-throated

Sunday, 28 February 2016

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

  Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 8,060,000km²
  Migratory Status : Not a Migrant
  Breeding Endemic : No

Size : 12–15 cm; 10–18 g

Subspecies (12) and Distribution

Stachyris nigriceps nigriceps (Blyth, 1844, Nepal)
– Central and eastern Nepal east to northeastern India (to central and eastern Arunachal Pradesh, including the Mishmi Hills), and adjacent southeastern Tibet.
Stachyris nigriceps coltarti (Harington, 1913, Margherita, eastern Assam)

– Extreme northeastern India (southeastern Arunachal Pradesh south to Nagaland and adjacent south Assam), northern and northeastern Myanmar, and southern China (western Yunnan).
Stachyris nigriceps spadix (Ripley, 1948, Laisung, Cachar, Assam)

– Meghalaya and southern Assam (northern Cachar), east to Mizoram (northeastern India), eastern Bangladesh, southern and southeastern Myanmar (including Tenasserim), and northwestern and western Thailand.
Stachyris nigriceps yunnanensis (La Touche, 1921, Hokow [lat. 23° 15' N., long. 103° 39' E.], Yunnan)
– Extreme eastern Myanmar, northern Thailand, southern China (southern Yunnan, southwestern Guangxi), northern and central Laos, and northern Vietnam (Tonkin, northern Annam).
Stachyris nigriceps rileyi (Chasen, 1936, Dran [lat. 11° 49' N., long. 108° 38' E.], Annam)
– Southern Laos and central and southern Vietnam (central and southern Annam, northern Cochinchina).
Stachyris nigriceps dipora (Oberholser, 1922, Khao Soi Dao [lat. 7° 20' N., long. 99° 50' E.], Thailand)
– Central and southern peninsular Thailand.
Stachyris nigriceps davisoni (Sharpe, 1892, Gunong Tahan, Pahang)
– Extreme southern peninsular Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.
Stachyris nigriceps tionis (Robinson & Kloss, 1927, Juara Bay, Pulau Tioman, Johore-Pahang Archipelago)
– Tioman Island, off eastern Peninsular Malaysia.
Stachyris nigriceps larvata (Bonaparte, 1850, Sumatra)
– Sumatra and Lingga Archipelago.
Stachyris nigriceps natunensis (E. J. O. Hartert, 1894, Pulau Bunguran, North Natuna Islands)
– Northern Natuna Islands.
Stachyris nigriceps hartleyi (Chasen, 1935, Mount Poi, Sarawak)
– Western Borneo.
Stachyris nigriceps borneensis (Sharpe, 1887, Kina Balu, North Borneo)
– Northern Borneo.