Stachyris

Grey-headed babbler Stachyris nigriceps, copyright Vijay Anand Ismavel.

Belongs within: Pomatorhinus.

Stachyris is a genus of babblers found in southern and eastern Asia with a somewhat long, curved bill and short wings and tail.

<==Stachyris Hodgson 1844 [Stachyrinae]B94
|--S. striolataBKB15
`--+--S. nigricepsBKB15
| |--S. n. nigricepsAE06
| `--S. n. yunnanensisAE06
`--S. poliocephalaBKB15

Stachyris incertae sedis:
S. erythropteraAP21
S. grammicepsJT12
S. herbertiJT12
S. leucotisJT12
S. maculataJT12
S. melanothoraxJT12
S. nigricollisJT12
S. nigrorumJT12
S. nonggangensisJT12
S. ogleiJT12
S. pygmaeaJT12
S. pyrrhopsJT12
S. thoracicaJT12

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[AE06] Alström, P., P. G. P. Ericson, U. Olsson & P. Sundberg. 2006. Phylogeny and classification of the avian superfamily Sylvioidea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38: 381–397.

[AP21] Arlott, N., & B. van Perlo. 2021. Collins Birds of the World. William Collins.

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

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