Rufous-capped Babbler
  A species of Stachyridopsis   Scientific name : Cyanoderma ruficeps  Genus :   Stachyridopsis    
  Rufous-capped Babbler, A species of Stachyridopsis 
  Botanical name: Cyanoderma ruficeps 
  Genus:  Stachyridopsis 
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  Photo By Arnab Pal  Description
 The rufous-capped babbler (Cyanoderma ruficeps) is a babbler species in the family Timaliidae. It occurs from the Eastern Himalayas to northern Thailand, Laos, eastern China to Vietnam and Taiwan. It inhabits foremost temperate forest and is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. It is pale olive with a bright rufous crown and nape, is 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs 7–12 g (0.25–0.42 oz). Stachyris ruficeps was the scientific name proposed by Edward Blyth in 1847 for an olive-coloured babbler with a ferruginous crown and a white throat collected in Darjeeling. It was later placed in the genus Stachyridopsis. 
 
    Size 
  12 cm 
    Nest Placement 
  Shrub 
  Dite type 
  Insectivorous 
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Feeding Habits
Bird food type
 
  Photo By Arnab Pal  Scientific Classification
 Phylum 
  Chordates   Class 
  Birds   Order 
  Perching birds   Family 
  Old world babblers   Genus 
  Stachyridopsis   Species 
  Rufous-capped Babbler