Babblers
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Timaliidae
The babblers or timaliids are somewhat diverse in size and coloration, but are characterised by soft fluffy plumage. There are 270 species worldwide and 117 species which occur in India. India has the largest number of babblers of any country and this represents the largest bird family grouping in any country outside of South America.
- White-throated Laughingthrush Garrulax albogularis
- White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus
- Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger
- Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax pectoralis
- Striated Laughingthrush Garrulax striatus (=Grammatoptila striata per Rasmussen and Anderton, 2005)
- Rufous-necked Laughingthrush Garrulax ruficollis (=Dryonastes ruficollis)
- Chestnut-backed Laughingthrush Garrulax nuchalis (=Dryonastes nuchalis)
- Yellow-throated Laughingthrush Garrulax galbanus (=Dryonastes galbanus)
- Wynaad Laughingthrush Garrulax delesserti (E) (=Dryonastes delesserti)
- Rufous-vented Laughingthrush Garrulax gularis (=Dryonastes gularis)
- Moustached Laughingthrush Garrulax cineraceus (=Ianthocincla cineracea)
- Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush Garrulax rufogularis (=Ianthocincla rufogularis)
- Spotted Laughingthrush Garrulax ocellatus (=Ianthocincla ocellata)
- Grey-sided Laughingthrush Garrulax caerulatus (=Dryonastes caerulatus)
- Spot-breasted Laughingthrush Garrulax merulinus (=Stactocichla merulina)
- White-browed Laughingthrush Garrulax sannio (=Dryonastes sannio)
- Black-chinned Laughingthrush Trochalopteron cachinnans (E)
- Kerala Laughingthrush Garrulax fairbanki (E)
- Streaked Laughingthrush Garrulax lineatus (=Trochalopteron lineatum)
- Bhutan Laughingthrush Trochalopteron imbricatum (Elevated to full species by Rasmussen and Anderton, 2005)
- Striped Laughingthrush Garrulax virgatus (=Trochalopteron virgatum)
- Scaly Laughingthrush Garrulax subunicolor (=Trochalopteron subunicolor)
- Brown-capped Laughingthrush Garrulax austeni (=Ianthocincla austeni)
- Blue-winged Laughingthrush Garrulax squamatus (=Trochalopteron squamatum)
- Variegated Laughingthrush Garrulax variegatus (=Trochalopteron variegatum)
- Prince Henry's Laughingthrush Garrulax henrici (Hypothetical per Rasmussen & Anderton, 2005)
- Black-faced Laughingthrush Garrulax affinis (=Trochalopteron affine)
- Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Garrulax erythrocephalus (=Trochalopteron erythrocephalum)
- Red-faced Liocichla Liocichla phoenicea
- Bugun Liocichla Liocichla bugunorum
- Abbott's Babbler Malacocincla abbotti
- Marsh Babbler Pellorneum palustre (E)
- Buff-breasted Babbler Pellorneum tickelli
- Spot-throated Babbler Pellorneum albiventre
- Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
- Large Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus hypoleucos
- Spot-breasted Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus erythrocnemis
- Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus erythrogenys
- Indian Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus horsfieldii
- White-browed Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps
- Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
- Red-billed Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps
- Coral-billed Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus ferruginosus
- Slender-billed Scimitar-Babbler Xiphirhynchus superciliaris
- Long-billed Wren-babbler Rimator malacoptilus
- Streaked Wren-babbler Napothera brevicaudata
- Eyebrowed Wren-babbler Napothera epilepidota
- Scaly-breasted Wren-babbler Pnoepyga albiventer
- Immaculate Wren-babbler Pnoepyga immaculata (E) (also called Nepal Wren-babbler)
- Pygmy Wren-babbler Pnoepyga pusilla
- Rufous-throated Wren-babbler Spelaeornis caudatus
- Mishmi Wren-babbler Spelaeornis badeigularis (E)
- Bar-winged Wren-babbler Spelaeornis troglodytoides
- Spotted Wren-babbler Spelaeornis formosus
- Long-tailed Wren-babbler Spelaeornis chocolatinus
- Grey-bellied Wren-babbler Spelaeornis reptatus (Elevated by Rasmussen & Anderton 2005)
- Chin Hills Wren-babbler Spelaeornis oatesi (Elevated by Rasmussen & Anderton 2005)
- Tawny-breasted Wren-babbler Spelaeornis longicaudatus (E)
- Wedge-billed Wren-babbler Sphenocichla humei
- Cachar Wedge-billed Babbler Sphenocichla roberti (Elevated by Rasmussen & Anderton 2005)
- Buff-chested Babbler Stachyris ambigua
- Rufous-fronted Babbler Stachyris rufifrons
- Rufous-capped Babbler Stachyris ruficeps
- Black-chinned Babbler Stachyris pyrrhops
- Golden Babbler Stachyris chrysaea
- Grey-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps
- Snowy-throated Babbler Stachyris oglei (E)
- White-necked Babbler Stachyris leucotis
- Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra
- Dark-fronted Babbler Rhopocichla atriceps
- Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Macronus gularis (= Macronous gularis)
- Chestnut-capped Babbler Timalia pileata
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Jerdon's Babbler Chrysomma altirostre
- Common Babbler Turdoides caudatus (T. caudata spelling emendation - Rasmussen & Anderton, 2005)
- Striated Babbler Turdoides earlei
- Slender-billed Babbler Turdoides longirostris
- Large Grey Babbler Turdoides malcolmi
- Rufous Babbler Turdoides subrufa (E)
- Jungle Babbler Turdoides striata
- Yellow-billed Babbler Turdoides affinis
- Chinese Babax Babax lanceolatus
- Mount Victoria Babax Babax lanceolatus woodi (Possibly a full species to be separated from the Chinese Babax)
- Giant Babax Babax waddelli
- Silver-eared Mesia Leiothrix argentauris
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- Cutia Cutia nipalensis
- Black-headed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius rufiventer
- White-browed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius flaviscapis
- Green Shrike-babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus
- Black-eared Shrike-babbler Pteruthius melanotis
- Chestnut-fronted Shrike-babbler Pteruthius aenobarbus
- White-hooded Babbler Gampsorhynchus rufulus
- Rusty-fronted Barwing Actinodura egertoni
- Hoary-throated Barwing Actinodura nipalensis
- Streak-throated Barwing Actinodura waldeni
- Blue-winged Minla Minla cyanouroptera
- Chestnut-tailed Minla Minla strigula
- Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta
- Golden-breasted Fulvetta Alcippe chrysotis
- Yellow-throated Fulvetta Alcippe cinerea
- Rufous-winged Fulvetta Alcippe castaneceps
- White-browed Fulvetta Alcippe vinipectus
- Streak-throated Fulvetta Alcippe cinereiceps
- Manipur Fulvetta Alcippe manipurensis (Split from an extralimital species)
- Ludlow's Fulvetta Alcippe ludlowi
- Rufous-throated Fulvetta Alcippe rufogularis
- Dusky Fulvetta Alcippe brunnea
- Rusty-capped Fulvetta Alcippe dubia
- Quaker Babbler Alcippe poioicephala
- Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis
- Rufous-backed Sibia Heterophasia annectens
- Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata
- Grey Sibia Heterophasia gracilis
- Beautiful Sibia Heterophasia pulchella
- Long-tailed Sibia Heterophasia picaoides
- Striated Yuhina Yuhina castaniceps
- White-naped Yuhina Yuhina bakeri
- Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis
- Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis
- Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis
- Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Fire-tailed Myzornis Myzornis pyrrhoura
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