Stachyris is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World babbler family, Timaliidae.
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.[1] [2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek stakhus, meaning "ear of wheat" and rhis, rhinos, meaning "nostrils".[3]
The genus includes the following species:[4]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stachyris grammiceps | island of Java in Indonesia | |||
| Stachyris herberti | Laos and Vietnam | |||
| Stachyris nonggangensis | southwest China and north Vietnam | |||
| Stachyris nigriceps | Himalayas of Nepal to south China, Vietnam, Sumatra and Borneo | |||
| Stachyris poliocephala | Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo | |||
| Stachyris strialata | east Myanmar to south China, Vietnam and Sumatra | |||
| Stachyris oglei | northeast India and Myanmar | |||
| Stachyris maculata | Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and satellites, and Borneo | |||
| Stachyris leucotis | Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo | |||
| Stachyris nigricollis | Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo | |||
| Stachyris thoracica | Bali and Java | |||
| Stachyris humei | Himalayas of India | |||
| Stachyris roberti | northeast India to southwest China |