Chestnut-capped babbler | |
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At Baur reservoir area of Uttarakhand, India | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Timaliidae |
Genus: |
Timalia Horsfield, 1821 |
Species: | T. pileata |
Binomial name | |
Timalia pileata Horsfield, 1821 |
The chestnut-capped babbler (Timalia pileata) is a passerine bird of the Timaliidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Timalia.
This bird is native in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The Sukla Phanta Wildlife Reserve in Nepal represents the western limit of its distribution.