Turdoides is a genus of passerine birds in the laughingthrush 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]
| Turdoides | |
|---|---|
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| Brown babbler (Turdoides plebejus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Leiothrichidae |
| Genus: | Turdoides Cretzschmar, 1826 |
| Type species | |
| Turdoides leucocephala (white-headed babbler) Cretzschmar, 1826 | |
| Species | |
See list | |
The genus Turdoides was introduced in 1826 by the German physician Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar specifically for the white-headed babbler.[2] The name combines the thrush genus Turdus with the Ancient Greek -oidēs meaning "resembling".[3]
Species
The genus contains the following 19 species:[4]
- 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 sharpei
- 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
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Wikispecies has information related to Turdoides.
- 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.
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