Dumetia

Dumetia is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae that are found in India and Sri Lanka.

Dumetia
Tawny-bellied babbler (Dumetia hyperythra)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Timaliidae
Genus:	Dumetia Blyth, 1852
Type species
Timalia hyperythra (tawny-bellied babbler) Franklin, 1831
Species
see text

Taxonomy

The genus Dumetia was introduced in 1852 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth.^[1] The genus name is from Latin dumetum, dumeti, meaning "thicket."^[2] Blyth listed two species in the genus, and of these, George Robert Gray in 1855 selected the tawny-bellied babbler as the type species.^[3][4]

Species

The genus contains the following species:^[5]

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Tawny-bellied babbler	Dumetia hyperythra	north-central India to Sri Lanka
	Dark-fronted babbler	Dumetia atriceps	west India to Sri Lanka