Nonggang babbler
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Timaliidae |
| Genus: | Stachyris |
| Species: | S. nonggangensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Stachyris nonggangensis Zhou F & Jiang A, 2008
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The Nonggang babbler (Stachyris nonggangensis) is a recently described species of
Timaliidae
.
This species was first observed by the
formally described
in 2008.
In appearance it is similar to the sooty babbler (S. herberti), but differs in having a pale iris, a white crescent behind the ear, a white throat patch with black spots, and a black bill.
In general behaviour it resembles a wren-babbler of the genus selective cutting, is dominated by Burretiodendron hsienmu. The known range is currently restricted to the Nonggang Natural Reserve, but since similar habitat also exists in northern Vietnam and southeast Yunnan, China, it is possible the species may also be found there.
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Zhou, Fang and Jiang Aiwu (2008). A New Species of Babbler (Timaliidae: Stachyris) from the Sino-Vietnamese Border Region of China. The Auk 125(2): 420–424. PDF fulltext
- Jiang Aiwu (2009). Unexpected returns from a study of birds in Southwest Guangxi karst forests. Living Forests 15 [1]
External links
- Nonggang Babbler photographs. orientalbirdimages.org