Black-chinned babbler explained
The black-chinned babbler (Cyanoderma pyrrhops) is a babbler species in the family Timaliidae. It occurs in the foothills of the Himalayas from the Murree Hills in Pakistan to eastern Nepal. It inhabits subtropical and temperate forest at NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet) altitudes. It is terrestrial.[1] It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
It is biscuit-coloured, has a black chin and lores and a buffy grey crown. It is 10cm (00inches) long and weighs NaNg.[2]
It is omnivorous.
Stachyris pyrrhops was the scientific name proposed by Edward Blyth in 1844 who described a greenish olivaceous babbler with a black chin and black lores from Nepal.[3] It was later placed in the genus Stachyridopsis.[4] [2]
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Notes and References
- Sohil . Asha . Sharma . Neeraj . August 2020 . Bird diversity and distribution in mosaic landscapes around Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir . Acta Ecologica Sinica . 40 . 4 . 323–338 . 10.1016/j.chnaes.2020.02.005 . 2020AcEcS..40..323S . 1872-2032.
- Book: 2016 . del Hoyo, J. . Elliott, A. . Sargatal, J. . Christie, D. A. . de Juana, E. . Handbook of the Birds of the World . Lynx Edicions . Barcelona . 2: Passerines . Collar . N. J. . Robson . C. . Black-chinned Babbler (Cyanoderma pyrrhops) . https://www.hbw.com/species/black-chinned-babbler-cyanoderma-pyrrhops.
- Blyth . E. . 1844 . Appendix for Mr. Blyth's report for December Meeting 1842 . The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal . 13 . 149 . 361–395 .
- Moyle . R. G. . Andersen . M. J. . Oliveros . C. H. . Steinheimer . F. D. . Reddy . S. . 2012 . Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Core Babblers (Aves: Timaliidae) . Systematic Biology . 61 . 4 . 631–651 . 10.1093/sysbio/sys027 . 22328569 . free.