Argya
Genus of birds in the family Leiothrichidae
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::summary Genus of birds in the family Leiothrichidae ::
| image = Jungle Babbler I IMG 9056.jpg | image_caption = Jungle babbler (Argya striata) | taxon = Argya | authority = Lesson, RP, 1831 | type_species = Malurus squamiceps | type_species_authority = Cretzschmar, 1827 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text
Argya 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 that forage in noisy groups. Members of this genus were formerly placed in the genera Turdoides and Garrulax.
Taxonomy
Most of the species now placed in the genus Argya were previously assigned to the genus Turdoides. Following the publication of a molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, Turdoides was split and species were moved to the resurrected genus Argya that had been erected by the French naturalist René Lesson in 1831. The name is from the Latin argutus meaning "noisy". Lesson did not specify a type species but this was designated as the Arabian babbler (Argya squamiceps) by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1855.
The following cladogram showing the phylogenetic relationships between the species is based on a study by Alice Cibois and collaborators that was published in 2018. The Iraq babbler (Argya altirostris) and the orange-billed babbler (Argya rufescens) were not included in the study. The Afghan babbler (Argya huttoni) has been split from the common babbler. |label1=Argya |1={{clade |1={{clade |1=Large grey babbler – Argya malcolmi |2=Ashy-headed laughingthrush – Argya cinereifrons |2={{clade |1={{clade |1={{clade |1=Slender-billed babbler – Argya longirostris |2=Rufous babbler – Argya subrufa |2={{clade |1=Jungle babbler – Argya striata |2=Yellow-billed babbler – Argya affinis |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=Rufous chatterer – Argya rubiginosa |2=Scaly chatterer – Argya aylmeri |2={{clade |1=Common babbler – Argya caudata |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=Fulvous babbler – Argya fulva |2=Arabian babbler – Argya squamiceps |2={{clade |1=Striated babbler – Argya earlei |2=White-throated babbler – Argya gularis
Species
The genus contains 16 species: ::data[format=table]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Large Gray Babbler (Turdoides malcolmi) Photograph by Shantanu Kuveskar.jpg | 120px]] | Large grey babbler | Argya malcolmi |
| [[File:Ashy-headed Laughingthrush (Garrulax cinereifrons).jpg | 120px]] | Ashy-headed laughingthrush | Argya cinereifrons |
| [[File:Arabian babbler.jpg | 120px]] | Arabian babbler | Argya squamiceps |
| [[File:Fulvous Babbler.jpg | 120px]] | Fulvous babbler | Argya fulva |
| [[File:WhiteThroatedBabbler.JPG | 120px]] | White-throated babbler | Argya gularis |
| [[File:Striated Babbler.jpg | 120px]] | Striated babbler | Argya earlei |
| [[File:Common Babbler Turdoides caudata by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSCN6158 (3).jpg | 120px]] | Iraq babbler | Argya altirostris |
| [[File:Common Babbler (Turdoides caudatus) in Hodal, Haryana W IMG 6317.jpg | 120px]] | Common babbler | Argya caudata |
| [[File:Afghan Babbler.jpg | 120px]] | Afghan babbler | Argya huttoni |
| [[File:Rufous Chatterer - Mara - Kenya NH8O6214 (19360836989).jpg | 120px]] | Rufous chatterer | Argya rubiginosa |
| [[File:Argya aylmeri 250295281.jpg | 120px]] | Scaly chatterer | Argya aylmeri |
| [[File:Yellow-billed Babbler (Turdoides affinis) by Dharani Prakash.jpg | 120px]] | Yellow-billed babbler | Argya affinis |
| [[File:Jungle Babbler (Turdoides striatus) in Kawal, AP W IMG 1953.jpg | 120px]] | Jungle babbler | Argya striata |
| [[File:Orange-billed babbler (18909680320).jpg | 120px]] | Orange-billed babbler | Argya rufescens |
| [[File:Slender-billed Babbler.jpg | 120px]] | Slender-billed babbler | Argya longirostris |
| [[File:Rufous Babbler by N. A. Naseer.jpg | 120px]] | Rufous babbler | Argya subrufa |
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References
References
- . ["Leiothrichidae"](https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=256). *The Trust for Avian Systematics*.
- (2018). "Comprehensive phylogeny of the laughingthrushes and allies (Aves, Leiothrichidae) and a proposal for a revised taxonomy". Zoologica Scripta.
- (2019). "Laughingthrushes and allies". International Ornithologists' Union.
- Lesson, René. (1831). "Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique". F.G. Levrault.
- Jobling, James A.. (2010). "The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names". Christopher Helm.
- Gray, George Robert. (1855). "Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum". British Museum.
- (1964). "Check-List of Birds of the World". Museum of Comparative Zoology.
- 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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