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Golden Babbler (Cyanoderma chrysaeum)

Golden Babbler
Photo: Francesco Veronesi from Italy via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 — free for commercial reuse.

About the Golden Babbler

The golden babbler (Cyanoderma chrysaeum) is a babbler species in the family Timaliidae. It occurs from the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas to Southeast Asia and inhabits subtropical lowland and montane forests. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List because of its wide distribution. It has olive-green wings and yellow underparts. Its crown and nape are golden-yellow with narrow stripes. It is 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs 6–10 g (0.21–0.35 oz). Stachyris chrysaea was the scientific name proposed by Edward Blyth in 1844 who described an olivaceous babbler with a yellow crown from Nepal. Since 2016, it is recognised as a Cyanoderma species. BirdLife International (2019). "Golden Babbler Cyanoderma chrysaeum".

Source: Golden babbler on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 107 recordings for this species: 7 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.

As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.

Listed as recorded in China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia in the xeno-canto catalogue.

Other birds you can hear here

These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.