| Turdoides | |
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| Brown babbler (Turdoides plebejus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Leiothrichidae |
| Genus: | Turdoides Cretzschmar, 1826 |
| Species | |
| See list | |
Turdoides is a genus of passerine birds in the family Leiothrichidae. The species are distributed across Africa and southern Asia and are typically fairly large, long-tailed birds which forage in noisy groups. The majority of species have drab brown or grey-brown plumage. Several species that were included in Turdoides in the past have been reassigned to Argya following a 2018 study that found multiple clades.[1]
Species
The genus contains the following 19 species:[2]
- Brown babbler, Turdoides plebejus
- Bare-cheeked babbler, Turdoides gymnogenys
- Arrow-marked babbler, Turdoides jardineii
- Scaly babbler, Turdoides squamulata
- White-rumped babbler, Turdoides leucopygia
- White-headed babbler, Turdoides leucocephala
- Blackcap babbler, Turdoides reinwardtii
- Dusky babbler, Turdoides tenebrosa
- Southern pied babbler, Turdoides bicolor
- Northern pied babbler, Turdoides hypoleuca
- Black-lored babbler, Turdoides sharpie
- Black-faced babbler, Turdoides melanops
- Hartlaub's babbler, Turdoides hartlaubii
- Hinde's babbler, Turdoides hindei
- Spiny babbler, Turdoides nipalensis
- White-throated mountain babbler, Turdoides gilberti – previously in Kupeornis
- Red-collared babbler, Turdoides rufocinctus – previously in Kupeornis
- Chapin's babbler, Turdoides chapini – previously in Kupeornis
- Capuchin babbler, Turdoides atripennis – previously in monotypic Phyllanthus
References
- ^ Cibois, Alice; Gelang, Magnus; Alström, Per; Pasquet, Eric; Fjeldså, Jon; Ericson, Per G. P.; Olsson, Urban (2018). "Comprehensive phylogeny of the laughingthrushes and allies (Aves, Leiothrichidae) and a proposal for a revised taxonomy". Zoologica Scripta. 47 (4): 428–440. doi:10.1111/zsc.12296.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Laughingthrushes and allies". World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Collar, N. J. & Robson C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.