Timaliidae

Malacopteron cinereum Photo by Peter Ericsson (Oriental Bird Images) Common name:scaly-crowned babbler (en); zaragateiro-de-barrete-escamado (pt); akalat à calotte maillée (fr); tordina coroniescamada (es); rotstirn-zweigtimalie (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TimaliidaeRange:This species is found from Vietnam and Thailand to the Indonesian islands of Borneo, Sumatra and Java.Size:These birds are 16 cm long and weigh 14-21 g.Habitat:The scaly-croned babbler is…

Trichastoma bicolor Photo by James Chong (Oriental Bird Images) Common name:ferruginous babbler (en); zaragateiro-ruivo (pt); akalat ferrugineux (fr); tordina bicolor (es); weißwangen-maustimalie (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TimaliidaeRange:This species is found in southern Thailand and extreme southern Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Borneo.Size:These birds are 16,5-18 cm long and weigh about 30…

Strophocincla fairbanki Photo by M. Chandru (Wikipedia) Common name:Kerala laughingthrush (en); zaragateiro-de-Kerala (pt); garrulaxe de Fairbank (fr); charlatán de Kerala (es); Keralahäherling (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TimaliidaeRange:This species is endemic to the Western Ghats of southern Kerala and southern Tamil Nadu, in southern India.Size:These birds are 17-19 cm long.Habitat:The Kerala laughingthrush is mostly found in high altitude…

Garrulax courtoisi Photo by Erwin Collaerts (Oriental Bird Images) Common name:blue-crowned laughingthrush (en); zaragateiro-de-Courtois (pt); garrulaxe de Courtois (fr); charlatán coroniazul (es); blaukappenhäherling (de)Taxoonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TimaliidaeRange:This species is endemic to China, only being found in five small and fragmented sites in Jiangxi Province.Size:These birds are 23-25 cm long and weigh about 50 g.Habitat:The blue-crowned laughingthrush…

Stachyris pyrrhops Photo by Gunjan Arora (Oriental Bird Images) Common name:black-chinned babbler (en); zaragateiro-de-garganta-preta (pt); timalie à bec rouge (fr); timalí barbinegro (es); schwarzkinntimalie (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TimaliidaeRange:This species is found in the southern slopes of the Himalayas, in northern India, Nepal and marginally into north-eastern Pakistan.Size:These tiny babblers are 10-12 cm long and weigh 8-11,5…

Garrulax chinensis Photo by Darren Whifflepeg (Flickr) Common name:black-throated laughingthrush (en); zaragateiro-de-garganta-preta (pt); garrulaxe à joues blanches (fr); charlatán golinegro (es); weißohrhäherling (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TimaliidaeRange:This species is found in southern China, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, northern Thailand and into parts of Cambodia.Size:These birds are 25 cm long and weigh 90-130 g.Habitat:The black-throated laughingthrush is found in…

Turdoides hartlaubii Photo by Lee Ouzman (Lee Ouzman Photographic Library) Common name:Angola babbler (en); zaragateiro-de-rabadilha-branca (pt); cratérope de Hartlaub (fr); turdoide de Hartlaub (es); Hartlaubdrossling (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TimaliidaeRange:This species is found from south-eastern D.R. Congo, through Zambia and Angola, and into northern Namibia and Botswana.Size:These birds are 26 cm long and weigh 80 g.Habitat:The Angola…

Stachyris nonggangensis Photo by James Eaton (Oriental Bird Images) Common name:Nonggang babbler (en); zaragateiro-de-Nonggang (pt); timalie de Nonggang (fr); timali de Nonggang (es); Nonggang-timalie (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TimaliidaeRange:This species was recently described from Nonggang Nature Reserve, in the Chinese province of Guangxi. It apparently occupies a limited area along the Chinese-Vietnamese border in that region.Size:These birds…