The genus
Stachyris was introduced in 1844 in an article by the English zoologist
Edward Blyth in which he quotes a diagnosis by
Brian Houghton Hodgson. Hodgson designated the
type species as the
grey-throated babbler. The genus name combines the
Ancient Greek stakhus, meaning "ear of wheat" and
rhis,
rhinos, meaning "nostrils". ==Species ==