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Grey-Faced Tit-Babbler 
(Chích chạch má xám, Mixornis kelleyi)

The grey-faced tit-babbler, found in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae. 

Timaliidae, Timalia: The word "Timalo" originates in the Greek "Thimalos", which means "bird". This Greek root was adapted to Latin as "Timalus" and later to Portuguese as "Timalo".
The genus name Mixornis combines the Ancient Greek mixis meaning "mixed" or "mingling" with ornis meaning "bird".
kelleyi: a person's name.

Mixornis is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae.
These species were formerly placed in the genus Macronus. 

The genus name combines the Ancient Greek mixis meaning "mixed" or "mingling" with ornis meaning "bird".

1/ Pin-striped tit-babbler (Chích chạch má vàng, Mixornis gularis), also known as the yellow-breasted babbler
2/ Grey-faced tit-babbler (Chích chạch má xám, Mixornis kelleyi)