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Cachar wedge-billed babbler
The Cachar wedge-billed babbler or chevron-breasted babbler (Stachyris roberti) is a species of bird in the Old World babbler family (Timaliidae). It is named for the Cachar Hills in southern Assam.
| Cachar wedge-billed babbler | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Timaliidae |
| Genus: | Stachyris |
| Species: | S. roberti |
| Binomial name | |
| Stachyris roberti (Godwin-Austen & Walden, 1875) | |
| Synonyms | |
| Sphenocichla roberti | |
It is found from Northeast India, in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and nearby areas. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Stachyris roberti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22734558A132182969. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22734558A132182969.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- 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.