Spelaeornis, the typical wren-babblers, is a bird genus in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae. They are found in the eastern Himalayas and Mayanmar.
The genus Spelaeornis was introduced in 1877 by the French naturalists Armand David and ÃÂmile 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 troglodytoides Verreaux, J, 1871, the bar-winged wren-babbler. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ÃÂÃÂ÷ûñùÿý/spÃÂlaion meaning "cave" with ÿÃÂýùÃÂ/ornis, ÿÃÂýùøÿÃÂ/ornithos meaning "bird".
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.