Bar-winged wren-babbler

The bar-winged wren-babbler (Spelaeornis troglodytoides) is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, and Myanmar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.^[1]

Spelaeornis troglodytoides souliei Oustalet, 1898

Bar-winged wren-babbler
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Timaliidae
Genus:	Spelaeornis
Species:	S. troglodytoides
Binomial name
Spelaeornis troglodytoides (Verreaux, 1871)
Synonyms
Pnoepyga troglodytoides

There are variations among the populations and three subspecies are named.

• sherriffi Kinnear, 1934 from eastern Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh
• indiraji Ripley et al., 1991 from Arunachal Pradesh (Namdapha National Park) which is named after Indira Gandhi.^[2]
• souliei Oustalet, 1898 - northern Arunachal Pradesh (NE India) Myanmar and S China