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Category:Timalia

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Chestnut-capped Babbler
Photo by bambuza

Genus: Timalia

[edit] Description

This genus contains just one species, the Chestnut-capped Babbler from SE-Asia. It has

A short, deep-based bill
A strongly graduated tail longer than the wing
Peculiar rigid crown-feather shafts

[edit] Taxonomy

Timalia is a genus in the Family Timaliidae.
It seems to be closely related to the genus Macronous.

Genus Timalia	view â€¢ edit

T. pileata

Chestnut-capped Babbler

[edit] References

Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553422