The golden babbler (''Cyanoderma chrysaeum'') is a babbler
species in the family
Timaliidae. It occurs from the foothills of the
Eastern Himalayas to
Southeast Asia and inhabits subtropical lowland and
montane forests. It is listed as
Least Concern on the
IUCN Red List because of its wide distribution.
It has olive-green wings and yellow underparts. Its crown and nape are golden-yellow with narrow stripes. It is long and weighs .
''Stachyris chrysaea'' was the scientific name proposed by
Edward Blyth
Edward Blyth (23 December 1810 – 27 December 1873) was an English zoologist who worked for most of his life in India as a curator of zoology at the museum of the Asiatic Society of India in Calcutta.
Blyth was born in London in 1810. In 1841 ...
in 1844 who
described an olivaceous babbler with a yellow crown from Nepal.
Since 2016, it is recognised as a ''
Cyanoderma'' species.
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Cyanoderma
Birds of Eastern Himalaya
Birds of Southeast Asia
Birds of Yunnan
golden babbler
golden babbler
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Birds of Myanmar
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