Species profile
Sooty Babbler
Stachyris herberti
Quick answer
Rediscovered in 1994 in central Laos after 74-year absence
- Scientific name
- Stachyris herberti
- Family
- Timaliidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Stachyris
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Sooty Babbler in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Timaliidae
- Bar-winged Wren-babbler (Spelaeornis troglodytoides)
- Bare-headed Babbler (Melanocichla calva)
- Black Babbler (Melanocichla lugubris)
- Black-chinned Babbler (Stachyridopsis pyrrhops)
- Black-necklaced Scimitar-Babbler (Megapomatorhinus erythrocnemis)
- Black-streaked Scimitar-Babbler (Megapomatorhinus gravivox)
- Black-throated Babbler (Stachyris nigricollis)
- Bold-striped Tit-Babbler (Macronus bornensis)