Gray-throated babbler 
(Khướu bụi đầu đen, Stachyris nigriceps)

The grey-throated babbler (Stachyris nigriceps) is a species of passerine bird in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae.

The bird is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.


The genus name combines the Ancient Greek stakhus meaning "ear of wheat" and rhis, rhinos meaning "nostrils".
The specific epithet nigriceps is from Latin niger meaning "black" and "-ceps" meaning "-headed".

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