Belongs within: Sylviida.
Contains: Pomatorhinus.
The Timaliidae, tree and scimitar babblers, are a clade of songbirds found in southern and eastern Asia that is identified by molecular analysis (Gelang et al. 2009).
<==Timaliidae [Timaliinae]
|--+--PomatorhinusBKB15
| `--Spelaeornis David & Oustalet 1877BKB15, B94 [Spelaeornithinae]
| |--S. badeigularisJT12
| |--S. caudatusJT12
| |--S. chocolatinusBKB15
| |--S. formosusJT12
| |--S. kinneariJT12
| |--S. longicaudatusJT12
| |--S. oatesiJT12
| |--S. reptatusJT12
| `--S. troglodytoidesJT12
`--+--+--Dumetia hyperythraBKB15
| | |--D. h. hyperythraGC09
| | `--D. h. albogularisGC09
| `--Timalia Horsfield 1821BKB15, B94 [incl. Napodes Cabanis 1850B94; Napodinae]
| |--T. hypoleucaE42
| `--T. pileataBKB15
| |--T. p. pileataGC09
| `--T. p. dictatorGC09
`--+--MacronousBKB15
| |--M. bornensisJT12
| |--M. flavicollisJT12
| |--M. gularisAP21
| |--M. kelleyiJT12
| |--M. ptilosusBKB15
| `--M. striaticepsBKB15
`--StachyridopsisBKB15
| i. s.: S. assimilisS89
| S. bocageiS89
| S. pyrrhopsAP21
| S. rodolpheiAP21
|--S. chrysaeaBKB15 [=Stachyris chrysaeaJT12]
`--+--S. rufifronsBKB15 [=Stachyris rufifronsJT12]
`--+--S. ambiguaAP21 [=Stachyris ambiguaBKB15]
`--S. ruficepsBKB15 [=Stachyris ruficepsJT12]
|--S. r. ruficepsVP89
`--‘Stachyris’ r. davidiVP89
Timaliidae incertae sedis:
Drymocataphus fulvus Walden 1875S89
Rhopocichla atricepsJT12
StrophocinclaJT12
|--S. cachinnansJT12
| |--S. c. cachinnansHSS13
| `--S. c. jerdoniHSS13
`--S. fairbankiJT12
SphenocichlaJT12
|--S. humeiJT12
`--S. robertiJT12
Gypsophila crispifronsJT12
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
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[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.
Driskell, A. C., & L. Christidis. 2004. Phylogeny and evolution of the Australo-Papuan honeyeaters (Passeriformes, Meliphagidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31 (3): 943–960.
[E42] Ewer, W. 1842. List of a collection of birds from India. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 10: 91–93.
[GC09] Gelang, M., A. Cibois, E. Pasquet, U. Olsson, P. Alström & P. G. P. Ericson. 2009. Phylogeny of babblers (Aves, Passeriformes): major lineages, family limits and classification. Zoologica Scripta 38: 225–236.
[HSS13] Hirschfeld, E., A. Swash & R. Still. 2013. The World’s Rarest Birds. Princeton University Press: Princeton (New Jersey).
[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.
Kawakami, K., S. Harada, T. Suzuki & H. Higuchi. 2008. Genetic and morphological differences among populations of the Bonin Islands white-eye in Japan. Zoological Science 25 (9): 882–887.
Morioka, H., & T. Sakane. 1978. Observations on the ecology and behavior of Apalopteron familiare (Aves, Meliphagidae). Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 11: 169–188, pls 7–8.
[S89] Salvadori, T. 1889. Viaggio di Leonardo Fea nella Birmania e nelle regioni vicine. XIX.—Uccelli raccolti nei Monti Carin a nord-est di Tounghoo, nel Pegù presso Rangoon e Tounghoo e nel Tenasserim presso Malewoon. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie 2a, 7: 369–438.
Suzuki, T., & H. Morioka. 2005. Distribution and extinction of the Ogasawara Islands honeyeater Apalopteron familiare on Chichijima, Ogasawara Islands. Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology 37 (1): 45–49.
[VP89] Viney, C., & K. Phillipps. 1989. Birds of Hong Kong 5th ed. Government Printer: Hong Kong.