Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
THE SONG BIRDS
THE BABBLING THRUSHES
Red-capped Babbler
The genus Timelia, which is the basis of the group name, is a small one embracing only two or three species, the best-known being the Red-capped Babbler (T. pileata) of the plains and lower hills of India, Siam, and Cochin China, whence it extends down the Malay Peninsula to Java. It is between six and seven inches long and has the upper plumage olive-brown with a cap of deep rufous, and the forehead with an eye stripe of white, while the throat and chin are white, and the breast white indistinctly lined with black. It is a cheerful, active little bird, creeping about amongst grass near the ground and deposits usually three eggs, which are white speckled with brown.