Rufous-capped Babbler

Cyanoderma ruficeps

The rufous-capped babbler is a babbler species in the family Timaliidae. It occurs from the Eastern Himalayas to northern Thailand, Laos, eastern China to Vietnam and Taiwan. It inhabits temperate forest with dense bushes or bamboo and is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
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Appearance

It is pale olive with a bright rufous crown and nape, measures 12 cm long and weighs 7–12 g.

Naming

"Stachyris ruficeps" was the scientific name proposed by Edward Blyth in 1847 for an olive-coloured babbler with a ferruginous crown and a white throat collected in Darjeeling. It was later placed in the genus "Stachyridopsis".

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyTimaliidae
GenusCyanoderma
SpeciesC. ruficeps
Photographed in
Vietnam