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Chestnut-capped Babbler

Timalia pileata Horsfield, T 1821

The chestnut-capped babbler is a passerine bird of the family Timaliidae. It is monotypic within the genus Timalia. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Timaliidae
Genus:
   Timalia
Scientific:
  Timalia pileata

Original description

Citation:
  Horsfield, T 1821

Reference:
   Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13, pt.1 p.151

Protonym:
  Timalia pileata

Type locality:
  Java.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/13692#page/170/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  CF7A9E5BC4FBAC15

Avibase ID:
  avibase-CF7A9E5B

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/CF7A9E5B

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 563475

Geographic range:

  • Timalia pileata: disjunctly in lowland to foothill swampy grassland, reedbeds, riparian thickets, and thorn hedge, from northern India eastward through Himalayan foothills to southeastern China, and southward to northeastern India, southern Myanmar, and Indochina, and on Java and Bali
  • Timalia pileata pileata: Java
  • Timalia pileata bengalensis: submontane Himalayas (Nepal to Assam and northwestern Myanmar)
  • Timalia pileata smithi: northern Myanmar to southern China, northern Thailand, and northern Indochina
  • Timalia pileata intermedia: central and southern Myanmar to southwestern Thailand
  • Timalia pileata patriciae: western portion of central plains of Thailand
  • Timalia pileata dictator: eastern and southeastern Thailand to southern Indochina
  • Show more...
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Chestnut-capped Babbler
Azerbaijani:
qırmızıpapaq timeliya
Bulgarian:
Белогуша тимелия
Bengali:
লালটুপি ছাতারে
Catalan:
timalí de capell castany
Czech:
timálie kaštanovohlavá
Danish:
Rødkappet Timalie
German:
Rotkappentimalie
Esperanto:
kaŝtanĉapa timalio
Spanish:
Timalí Capirotado
Spanish (Spain):
Timalí Capirotado
Finnish:
bambutimali
French:
Timalie coiffée
Croatian:
kestenjastokapi drozdalj
Indonesian:
Tepus Gelagah
Icelandic:
Hettuslúðra
Italian:
Garrulo pileato
Japanese (romaji):
akagashirachimedori
Japanese:
アカガシラチメドリ
Lithuanian:
Tikroji timalija
Nepali:
रातोटाउके घा“से भ्याकुर
Dutch:
Roodkaptimalia
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Kastanjekronetimal
Norwegian:
Kastanjekronetimal
Polish:
tymalia
Portuguese:
tagarela-de-barrete-castanho
Portuguese (Portugal):
timali-de-barrete
Russian:
Красношапочная тимелия
Slovak:
timália hnedohlavá
Serbian:
Riđoglava brbljuša
Swedish:
kastanjekronad timalia
Thai:
นกกินแมลงกระหม่อมแดง
Turkish:
Kızıl tepeli timalya
Ukrainian:
Тимелія червоноголова
Chinese:
红顶鹛
Chinese (Traditional):
紅頂鶥

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Avilist 2025:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Timalie coiffée ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Timalie coiffée ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Timalia pileata [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Timalia pileata [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Timalia pileata [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Chestnut-capped Babbler ( Timalia pileata) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Timalia pileata [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Timalia pileata [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Azerbaijani: qırmızıpapaq timeliya
Bulgarian: Белогуша тимелия
Bengali: লালটুপি ছাতারে
Catalan: timalí de capell castany
Czech: Timálie kaštanovohlavá
Danish: Rødkappet Timalie
German: Rotkäppchentimalie, Rotkäppchen-Timalie, Rotkappentimalie
English: Chestnut capped Babbler, Chestnut-capped Babbler, Red-capped Babbler
English (Avilist): Chestnut-capped Babbler
English, HBW: Chestnut-capped Babbler
English (IOC): Chestnut-capped Babbler
English (United States): Chestnut-capped Babbler
Esperanto: kaŝtanĉapa timalio
Spanish: Timalí Capirotado
Spanish (Spain): Timalí Capirotado
Spanish (HBW): Chestnut-capped Babbler
Finnish: Bambutimali
French: Timalie à calotte rousse, Timalie à tête rousse, Timalie coiffée
French (Guyane): Timalie coiffée
Croatian: kestenjastokapi drozdalj
Indonesian: Burung Tepus Gelagah, Ciung air, Tepus Gelagah
Icelandic: Hettuslúðra
Italian: Garrulo capocastano, Garrulo pileato
Japanese (romaji): aka-gashira chime-dori, akagashirachimedori
Japanese: アカガシラチメドリ
Japanese (Kanji): 赤頭知目鳥
Scientific: Timalia pileata, Timalia pileata pileata
Lithuanian: Tikroji timalija
Nepali: रातोटाउके घा“से भ्याकुर
Dutch: Roodkaptimalia
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kastanjekronetimal
Norwegian: Kastanjekronetimal
Polish: tymalia, tymalia rudolbista, tymalia rudołbista
Pinyin: hóng-dǐng méi
Portuguese: tagarela-de-barrete-castanho
Portuguese (Portugal): timali-de-barrete
Russian: Красношапочная тимелия
Slovak: timália hnedohlavá
Serbian: Riđoglava brbljuša
Swedish: kastanjekronad timalia, Rödkronad timalia
Thai: นกกินแมลงกระหม่อมแดง
Thai (Transliteration): nók kin-ma-laeeŋ krà-mòaam-daeeŋ
Turkish: Kızıl tepeli timalya
Ukrainian: Тимелія червоноголова
Vietnamese: Chim Họa mi nhỏ, Họa mi nhỏ
Chinese: 紅頂(眉鳥), 红顶鹛
Chinese (Hong Kong): 紅頂鶥
Chinese (Traditional): 紅頂鶥, 紅頂鶥

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