Cyanoderma is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae. Many of these species were formerly placed in the genus Stachyris
A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2012 found that the genus Stachyris was paraphyletic. In the subsequent reorganization to create monophyletic genera, the genus Cyanoderma was resurrected to accommodate a group of species formerly assigned to Stachyris.[1] [2] The genus Cyanoderma had been introduced in 1874 by the Italian zoologist Tommaso Salvadori with chestnut-winged babbler as the type species.[3] [4] The name combines the Ancient Greek kuanos meaning "dark-blue" with derma meaning "skin".[5]
The genus contains the following species:[2]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cyanoderma erythropterum | Malay Peninsula, Sumatra | ||
| Grey-hooded babbler[6] | Cyanoderma bicolor | Borneo | |
| Cyanoderma melanothorax | Java and Bali | ||
| Cyanoderma rufifrons | Sikkim, Bhutan Dooars and northeast India | ||
| Cyanoderma ruficeps | Eastern Himalayas to northern Thailand, Laos, eastern China to Vietnam and Taiwan | ||
| Cyanoderma pyrrhops | the Himalayas from the Murree Hills in Pakistan to eastern Nepal | ||
| Cyanoderma chrysaeum | the Eastern Himalayas to Southeast Asia | ||
| Cyanoderma ambiguum | Eastern Himalayas to south Laos | ||
Deignan's babbler Cyanoderma rodolphei collected in 1939 at Doi Chiang Dao in Thailand is considered synonymous with the rufous-fronted babbler.[7]