Crescent-chested babbler

Crescent-chested babbler
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Timaliidae
Genus: Cyanoderma
Species:
C. melanothorax
Binomial name
Cyanoderma melanothorax
(Temminck, 1823)

The crescent-chested babbler (Cyanoderma melanothorax) is a babbler species in the family Timaliidae and is native to the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali. It inhabits subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, montane forest and shrubland. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.[1]

It is ochreous-brown, has rufous-coloured wings, paler underparts and a black crescent across its breast. It is 13 cm (5.1 in) long.[2]

Myiothera melanothorax was the scientific name proposed by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1823 who described a babbler from Java.[3][4] The generic name Cyanoderma was proposed by Tommaso Salvadori in 1874 for babblers with slender and pointed beaks.[5] It was later placed in the genus Stachyris, but since 2020 is recognised as a Cyanoderma species.[6][2]

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2018). "Cyanoderma melanothorax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22716283A131972844. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22716283A131972844.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Collar, N. J.; Robson, C. (2020). "Crescent-chested Babbler (Cyanoderma melanothorax)". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D. A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. doi:10.2173/bow.crcbab1.01. S2CID 243136418.
  3. ^ Temminck, C. J. (1823). "Myiothera melanothorax". Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux : pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon, édition in-folio et in-4⁰ de l'Imprimerie royale, 1770. Strasbourg: F. G. Levrault. p. first page.
  4. ^ Temminck, C. J. (1823). "Myiothera melanothorax". Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux : pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon, édition in-folio et in-4⁰ de l'Imprimerie royale, 1770. Strasbourg: F. G. Levrault. p. second page.
  5. ^ Salvadori, T. (1874). "Gen. nov. Cyanoderma, Salvad.". Catalogo sistematico degli uccelli di Borneo. Vol. V. Genova: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale. pp. 213–215.
  6. ^ Moyle, R. G.; Andersen, M. J.; Oliveros, C. H.; Steinheimer, F. D.; Reddy, S. (2012). "Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Core Babblers (Aves: Timaliidae)". Systematic Biology. 61 (4): 631–651. doi:10.1093/sysbio/sys027. PMID 22328569.