Turdoides
Genus of birds in the family Leiothrichidae
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::summary Genus of birds in the family Leiothrichidae ::
| image = Brown Babbler - KenyaNH8O0619 (19540603722).jpg | image_caption = Brown babbler (Turdoides plebejus) | taxon = Turdoides | authority = Cretzschmar, 1826 | type_species = Turdoides leucocephala (white-headed babbler) | type_species_authority = Cretzschmar, 1826 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See list
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.
The genus Turdoides was introduced in 1826 by the German physician Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar specifically for the white-headed babbler. The name combines the thrush genus Turdus with the Ancient Greek -oidēs meaning "resembling".
Species
The genus contains the following 19 species:
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| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Spiny Babbler.jpg | 125px]] | Turdoides nipalensis | Spiny babbler |
| - | Turdoides atripennis | Capuchin babbler | African tropical rainforest |
| - | Turdoides gilberti | White-throated mountain babbler | Cameroonian Highlands forests |
| - | Turdoides chapini | Chapin's babbler | western foothills of Albertine Rift montane forests |
| - | Turdoides rufocinctus | Red-collared babbler | Albertine Rift montane forests |
| [[File:Bird in grass Gambia.jpg | 125px]] | Turdoides plebejus | Brown babbler |
| - | Turdoides leucopygia | White-rumped babbler | Horn of Africa |
| [[File:Hinde's Babbler - Kenya S4E9001 (19540613222).jpg | 125px]] | Turdoides hindei | Hinde's babbler |
| [[File:Flickr - Rainbirder - Scaly Babbler (Turdoides squamulatus) (1).jpg | 125px]] | Turdoides squamulata | Scaly babbler |
| | [[File:Babbler Arrow-marked 2009 10 04 07884.jpg|125px]] | Turdoides jardineii | Arrow-marked babbler | central/southern sub-Saharan Africa | | [[File:Bare-cheeked Babbler-5996 - Flickr - Ragnhild & Neil Crawford.jpg|125px]] | Turdoides gymnogenys | Bare-cheeked babbler | western Angola and northern Namibia | | - | Turdoides leucocephala | White-headed babbler | eastern Sudan, western Ethiopia and Eritrea | | [[File:Blackcap Babbler (8523389829).jpg|125px]] | Turdoides reinwardtii | Blackcap babbler | West Africa to southern CAF | | - | Turdoides tenbrosa | Dusky babbler | western, eastern and southern South Sudan and adjacent areas | | [[File:Adult plumage.jpg|125px]] | Turdoides bicolor | Southern pied babbler | Kalahari Basin | | - | Turdoides hartlaubii | Hartlaub's babbler | central-southern sub-Saharan Africa | | [[File:Black Lored Babbler.jpg|125px]] | Turdoides sharpei | Black-lored babbler | Lake Victoria basin | | [[File:Black-faced Babbler.jpg|125px]] | Turdoides melanops | Black-faced babbler | southern Angola, northern Namibia and Botswana | | [[File:Turdoides hypoleuca -Kenya-8.jpg|125px]] | Turdoides hypoleuca | Northern pied babbler | Kenya and Tanzania | ::
References
- 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.
References
- (2018). "Comprehensive phylogeny of the laughingthrushes and allies (Aves, Leiothrichidae) and a proposal for a revised taxonomy". Zoologica Scripta.
- Cretzschmar, Philipp Jakob. (1826). "Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika". Heinr. Ludw. Brönner.
- Jobling, James A.. (2010). "The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names". Christopher Helm.
- (2019). "Laughingthrushes and allies". International Ornithologists' Union.
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