Ashy-headed babbler

Ashy-headed babbler
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pellorneidae
Genus: Pellorneum
Species:
P. cinereiceps
Binomial name
Pellorneum cinereiceps
(Tweeddale, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Drymocataphus cinereiceps Tweeddale, 1878
  • Malacocincla cinereiceps (Tweeddale, 1878)
  • Trichastoma cinereiceps (Tweeddale, 1878)

The ashy-headed babbler (Pellorneum cinereiceps) is a species of passerine bird in the ground babbler family Pellorneidae. The species is also known as the ashy-crowned babbler. The species is closely related to the short-tailed babbler. The two species are sometimes treated as the same species but differ in their calls. The species is monotypic, meaning it has no subspecies.