Rufous-capped babbler

The rufous-capped babbler (Cyanoderma ruficeps) is a babbler species in the family Timaliidae. It occurs from the Eastern Himalayas to northern Thailand, Laos, eastern China to Vietnam and Taiwan. It inhabits foremost temperate forest and is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.[1]

Rufous-capped babbler
Rufous-capped babbler in East Sikkim
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Timaliidae
Genus: Cyanoderma
Species:
C. ruficeps
Binomial name
Cyanoderma ruficeps
(Blyth, 1847)
Rufous-capped babbler in Khonoma
Rufous-capped babbler in Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary

It is pale olive with a bright rufous crown and nape, is 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs 7–12 g (0.25–0.42 oz).[2]

Stachyris ruficeps was the scientific name proposed by Edward Blyth in 1847 for an olive-coloured babbler with a ferruginous crown and a white throat collected in Darjeeling.[3] It was later placed in the genus Stachyridopsis.[4][2]

References
  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Cyanoderma ruficeps". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T22716187A94483662. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716187A94483662.en.
  2. Collar, N. J.; Robson, C. (2016). "Rufous-capped Babbler (Cyanoderma ruficeps)". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D. A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.
  3. Blyth, E. (1847). "Notes and Descriptions of various New or Little-known Species of Birds". The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 16 (1): 428–476.
  4. 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. doi:10.1093/sysbio/sys027. PMID 22328569.


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