Timaliidae

Garrulax maximus Photo by Philip He (Oriental Bird Images) Common name:giant laughingthrush (en); zaragateiro-gigante (pt); garrulaxe géant (fr); charlatán gigante (es); riesenhäherling (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TimaliidaeRange:This species is found in south-western China and in northern India.Size:These birds are 32-36 cm long.Habitat:The giant laughingthrush is found in open broadleaf and mixed broadleaf-coniferous forests and bamboo scrublands in broadleaf evergreen…

Leiothrix argentauris Photo by J.J. Harrison (Wikipedia) Common name:silver-eared mesia (en); rouxinol-de-faces-prateadas (pt); léiothrix à joues argent (fr); leiotrix cariblanco (de); silberohr-sonnenvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TimaliidaeRange:This Asian species is found around the Himalayas, in Nepal, northern India and in western and south-western China, and through Bangladesh and Myanmar, across Indochina and down to Indonesia.Size:These birds are 16-18 cm…

Turdoides caudatus Photo by Rajiv Lather (Birding in India and South Asia) Common name:common babbler (en); zaragateiro-de-cauda-comprida (pt); cratérope indien (fr); turdoide indio (es); langschwanzdrossling (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TimaliidaeRange:This Asian species is found from Iraq, Kuwait and Iran, through Afghanistan and Pakistan, across India and into Nepal.Size:These birds are 23 cm long and weigh 30-40 g.Habitat:The common…

Yuhina nigrimenta Common name:black-chinned yuhina (en); iuína-de-garganta-preta (pt); yuhina à menton noir (fr); yuhina barbinegra (es); meisenyuhina (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TimaliidaeRange:This Asian species is found from northern India, Nepal and Bhutan, through Bangladesh, and into southern China, Myanmar, Cambodja and Vietnam.Size:These birds are 10 cm long and weigh 9-10 g.Habitat:Black-chinned yuhinas are found in tropical and sub-tropical moist forests,…