Erythrogenys
| Erythrogenys | |
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| Large scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys hypoleucos) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Timaliidae |
| Genus: | Erythrogenys Baker, 1930 |
| Type species | |
| Pomatorhinus erythrogenys[1] Vigors, 1831
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| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Megapomatorhinus Moyle et al., 2012 | |
Erythrogenys is a genus of scimitar babblers, jungle birds with long downcurved bills. These are birds of tropical Asia.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus Erythrogenys was introduced in 1930 by the British ornithologist E. C. Stuart Baker. He specified the type species as Pomatorhinus erythrogens that had been described in 1831 by Nicholas Vigors.[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ερυθρος/eruthros meaning "red" with γενυος/genuos meaning "cheek".[4]
The genus contains seven species:[5]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Large scimitar babbler | Erythrogenys hypoleucos | Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam |
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Rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler | Erythrogenys erythrogenys | Himalayas from northeast Pakistan to Bhutan |
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Red-eyed scimitar babbler | Erythrogenys imberbis (split from E. erythrogenys) | east Myanmar to northwest Thailand |
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Spot-breasted scimitar babbler | Erythrogenys mcclellandi | Eastern Himalaya and western Myanmar |
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Black-streaked scimitar babbler | Erythrogenys gravivox | China, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam |
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Grey-sided scimitar babbler | Erythrogenys swinhoei | southern China |
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Black-necklaced scimitar babbler | Erythrogenys erythrocnemis | Taiwan. |
References
[edit]- ^ "Timalidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
- ^ Baker, E.C. Stuart (1930). The Fauna of British India Birds including Ceylon and Burma. Birds. Vol. 7 (2nd ed.). London: Taylor and Francis. p. 192.
- ^ Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 528. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
- ^ Jobling, James A. "Erythrogenys". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Babblers & fulvettas". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- 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.