The chestnut-capped babbler (Timalia pileata) is a passerine bird of the family Timaliidae.

It is monotypic within the genus Timalia.

[2] This bird is native in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.

[1] The Sukla Phanta Wildlife Reserve in Nepal represents the western limit of its distribution.

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