Spelaeornis, the typical wren-babblers, is a bird genus in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae. They are found in the eastern Himalayas and Myanmar.
Taxonomy
The genus Spelaeornis was introduced in 1877 by the French naturalists Armand David and Émile Oustalet. They placed two species in the genus but did not specify the type. In 1882 the English ornithologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe designated the type as Pnoepyga troglodytoidesVerreaux, J, 1871, the bar-winged wren-babbler. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek σπηλαιον/spēlaion meaning "cave" with ορνις/ornis, ορνιθος/ornithos meaning "bird". ==Species==
Species
The genus contains the following 8 species: The spotted elachura (Elachura formosa) was at one time placed in this genus but is now assigned to its own genus Elachura and own family Elachuridae. ==References==