Chestnut-capped Babbler

Timalia pileata - Timalie coiffée

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Timaliidés
Genus
:
Timalia
Species
:
pileata

Descriptor

Horsfield, 1821

Biometrics

Size
: 17 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 15 à 23 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Chestnut-capped Babbler (Timalia pileata) is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

Timalia pileata pileata (Java)
Timalia pileata bengalensis (s Nepal and ne India to Bangladesh and w Myanmar)
Timalia pileata smithi (e Myanmar, nw Thailand and s China to n and c Indochina)
Timalia pileata intermedia (c and s Myanmar, w Thailand)
Timalia pileata patriciae (sw Thailand)
Timalia pileata dictator (e Thailand and s Indochina)

Foreign names

Timalie coiffée,
Timalí capirotado,
tagarela-de-barrete-castanho,
Rotkappentimalie,
Roodkaptimalia,
Garrulo pileato,
kastanjekronad timalia,
Kastanjekronetimal,
timália hnedohlavá,
timálie kaštanovohlavá,
Rødkappet Timalie,
bambutimali,
timalí de capell castany,
tymalia,
Красношапочная тимелия,
Tepus gelagah,
アカガシラチメドリ,
红顶鹛,
นกกินแมลงกระหม่อมแดง,
紅頂鶥,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands