Chrysomma

Chrysomma is a songbird genus. It is quite closely related to the parrotbills, and is therefore a member of the family Paradoxornithidae.

Chrysomma
Yellow-eyed babbler, Chrysomma sinense
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Paradoxornithidae
Genus:	Chrysomma Blyth, 1843
Type species
Timalia hypoleuca Franklin 1831
Species
See text

Taxonomy

The genus Chrysomma was introduced in 1843 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth. He designated the type species as Timalia hypoleuca Franklin 1831.^[1] This taxon is now one of subspecies of the yellow-eyed babbler.^[2][3][4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek khrusos meaning "gold" and omma meaning "eye".^[5]

The genus contains two species:^[4]

Genus Chrysomma – Franklin, 1831 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Yellow-eyed babbler	Chrysomma sinense (Gmelin, JF, 1789) Three subspecies C. s. nasale (Legge, 1879) C. s. hypoleucum (Franklin, 1831) C. s. sinense (Gmelin, JF, 1789)	Burma, Laos and Thailand.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Jerdon's babbler	Chrysomma altirostre (Jerdon, 1862) Three subspecies C. a. altirostre C. a. griseigularis C. a. scindicum	Nepal to northeastern India	Size: Habitat: Diet:	VU

The rufous-tailed babbler was formerly placed in this genus but has been moved to the monotypic Moupinia.^[4]