About Stachyridopsis chrysaea (Blyth, 1844)
The golden babbler (currently recognized scientific name Cyanoderma chrysaeum, formerly Stachyridopsis chrysaea, originally published as Stachyris chrysaea) is a babbler species belonging to the family Timaliidae. It is distributed from the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas to Southeast Asia, where it lives in subtropical lowland and montane forests. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List due to its wide distribution. This species has olive-green wings and yellow underparts, with golden-yellow narrow stripes on its crown and nape. It measures 12–19 cm (4.7–7.5 in) in length and weighs 6–10 g (0.21–0.35 oz). Edward Blyth first proposed the scientific name Stachyris chrysaea in 1844, when he described an olivaceous babbler with a yellow crown collected from Nepal. It has been classified as a Cyanoderma species since 2016.
