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…