Chestnut-winged babbler

The chestnut-winged babbler (Stachyris erythroptera) is a babbler species in the family Timaliidae. It occurs in the Malay Peninsula from southern Thailand to Singapore, and in Sumatra. It inhabits forests and shrublands up to 800 m (2,600 ft) altitude. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.[1]

Chestnut-winged babbler

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Timaliidae
Genus: Stachyris
Species:
S. erythroptera
Binomial name
Stachyris erythroptera
(Blyth, 1842)

It is chestnut-brown with a greyish face and underparts, and is 12.5–13.5 cm (4.9–5.3 in) long. It feeds on small Coleoptera beetles, Phasmida insects, ants, and Hemiptera bugs.[2]

Timalia erythroptera was the scientific name proposed by Edward Blyth in 1842 for an olive-brown babbler from Nepal.[3] It was later placed in the genus Stachyris, but since 2016 is recognised as a Cyanoderma species.[4][2]

References
  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Cyanoderma erythropterum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2017: e.T103895665A118851945. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103895665A118851945.en.
  2. Collar, N. J.; Robson, C. (2016). "Chestnut-winged Babbler (Cyanoderma erythroptera)". 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. (1842). "Report from the Curator". The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 11 (128): 788–799.
  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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