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 245–2,750 m (804–9,022 ft) altitudes. It is terrestrial.[2] It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.[1]
| Black-chinned babbler | |
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| Adult in Naina Devi Himalayan Bird Conservation Reserve | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Timaliidae |
| Genus: | Cyanoderma |
| Species: | C. pyrrhops
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyanoderma pyrrhops (Blyth, 1844)
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It is biscuit-coloured, has a black chin and lores and a buffy grey crown. It is 10 cm (3.9 in) long and weighs 8–12 g (0.28–0.42 oz).[3]
It is omnivorous.[2]
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.[4] It was later placed in the genus Stachyridopsis.[5][3]
References
edit- ^ a b BirdLife International (2018). "Cyanoderma pyrrhops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22716190A131972630. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22716190A131972630.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b Sohil, Asha; Sharma, Neeraj (August 2020). "Bird diversity and distribution in mosaic landscapes around Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir". Acta Ecologica Sinica. 40 (4): 323–338. Bibcode:2020AcEcS..40..323S. doi:10.1016/j.chnaes.2020.02.005. ISSN 1872-2032.
- ^ a b Collar, N. J.; Robson, C. (2016). "Black-chinned Babbler (Cyanoderma pyrrhops)". 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. (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. doi:10.1093/sysbio/sys027. PMID 22328569.
External links
edit- BirdLife International (2019). "Black-chinned Babbler Cyanoderma pyrrhops".
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