Genus of birds
Stachyris is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World babbler family, Timaliidae .
Taxonomy
The genus Stachyris was introduced in 1844 in an article by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in which he quotes a diagnosis by Brian Houghton Hodgson . Hodgson designated the type species as the grey-throated babbler .[ 1] [ 2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek stakhus, meaning "ear of wheat" and rhis , rhinos, meaning "nostrils".[ 3]
Species
The genus includes the following species:[ 4]
For other former Stachyris species see under Cyanoderma , Sterrhoptilus and Zosterornis .
References
^ Blyth, Edward (1844). "Appendix to Mr. Blyth's report for December Meeting, 1842 (continued)" . Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal . 13 (149): 361–395 [378, 379].
^ Dickinson, E.C. ; Christidis, L. , eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World . Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 528. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2 .
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . London: Christopher Helm. p. 364. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .
^ Gill, Frank ; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela , eds. (August 2022). "Babblers & fulvettas" . IOC World Bird List Version 12.2 . International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 18 September 2022 .
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.