Stachyris

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Cladus: Telluraves
Cladus: Australaves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Infraordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Sylvioidea

Familia: Timaliidae
Genus: Stachyris
Species: S. grammiceps – S. herberti – S. humei – S. leucotis – S. maculata – S. nigriceps – S. nigricollis – S. nonggangensis – S. oglei – S. poliocephala – S. roberti – S. strialata – S. thoracica

Species transferred to other genera:

Cyanoderma: S. ambigua – S. chrysaea – S. erythroptera – S. melanothorax – S. pyrrhops – S. ruficeps – S. rufifrons

Species transferrred to other genera/familiae:

Sterrhoptilus (Zosteropidae): S. capitalis – S. dennistouni – S. nigrocapitata
Dasycrotapha (Zosteropidae): S. plateni – S. speciosa

Species invalid: S. rodolphei
Name

Stachyris Hodgson, 1844

Typus: Stachyris nigriceps Blyth, 1844

Synonyms

Heterorhynchus Mandelli, 1873 Str.Feath. p. 415 BHL
Sphenocichla Godwin-Austen & Walden, 1875 Ibis p. 250 BHL
Thringorhina Oates, 1889
Nigravis Baker, 1920 BOC p. 10 BHL

References
Primary references

The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 13 p. 379,note BHL

Additional references

Zhou, F. & Jiang, A. 2008. A New Species of Babbler (Timaliidae: Stachyris) from the Sino-Vietnamese Border Region of China. The Auk 125(2): 420–424 DOI: 10.1525/auk.2008.06099 Open access Reference page.
Moyle R.G.; Filardi, C.E.; Smith, C.E.; & Diamond, J.M. 2009. Explosive Pleistocene diversification and hemispheric expansion of a "great speciator". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences/PNAS 106: 1863–1868. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0809861105 Open access Reference page.
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 Open access Reference page.

Stachyris is a genus of passerine birds in the family Timaliidae.
Species

The genus includes the following species:[1]

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	White-breasted babbler	Stachyris grammiceps	island of Java in Indonesia
	Sooty babbler	Stachyris herberti	Laos and Vietnam.
	Nonggang babbler	Stachyris nonggangensis	Guangxi, China,
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	Grey-headed babbler	Stachyris poliocephala	Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand
	Spot-necked babbler	Stachyris strialata	China, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
	Snowy-throated babbler	Stachyris oglei	Northeast India, i.e. northeast Assam and southeast Arunachal Pradesh.
	Chestnut-rumped babbler	Stachyris maculata	Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.
	White-necked babbler	Stachyris leucotis	Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.
	Black-throated babbler	Stachyris nigricollis	Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.
	White-bibbed babbler	Stachyris thoracica	Bali and Java.
	Sikkim wedge-billed babbler	Stachyris humei	Himalayas of India.
	Cachar wedge-billed babbler	Stachyris roberti	ne India to sw China.

For other former Stachyris species see under Cyanoderma, Sterrhoptilus and Zosterornis.
References

Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2016). "Babblers & fulvettas". World Bird List Version 6.4. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 December 2016.

Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.