Genus: Leiothrix
Description
This genus contains two colourful Babblers from SE-Asia. Both are very popular as cage-birds.
They share a red bill, rather long rictal bristles, yellowish-orange breast colour, a chestnut patch at the base of the folded primaries, yellow wing-fringing and greyish lower upperparts.
Taxonomy
Leiothrix is a genus in the Family Leiothrichidae.
It was formerly included in the family Timaliidae.
Silver-eared Mesia is sometimes placed in its own genus Mesia.
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| L. argentauris | Silver-eared Mesia | ||
| L. lutea | Red-billed Leiothrix | ||
References
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553422
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Leiothrix. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Leiothrix
Pages in category ‘Leiothrix’
The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
