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 temperate forest with dense bushes or bamboo and is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.[1]
| Rufous-capped babbler | |
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| Rufous-capped babbler in East Sikkim | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Timaliidae |
| Genus: | Cyanoderma |
| Species: | C. ruficeps
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyanoderma ruficeps (Blyth, 1847)
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It is pale olive with a bright rufous crown and nape, measures 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
edit- ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Cyanoderma ruficeps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22716187A94483662. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716187A94483662.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b 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. Vol. 2: Passerines. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
External links
edit- BirdLife International (2019). "Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps".
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