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Steere's Liocichla
Photo by MoonCake
Shanlinhsi, Nantou County, Taiwan

Genus: Liocichla

[edit] Description

This genus contains four (sometimes split to five) colourful Babblers, one of them discovered very recently.
They are all relatively small, have a sharply square-ended tail with narrow paler tips (red in three species), colored wingpanels, rather long rictal bristles and hind claw.

[edit] Taxonomy

Liocichla is a genus in the Family Timaliidae.
Red-faced Liocichla has also been placed in Garrulax in the past, but molecular study confirms it to be a Liocichla.

[edit] Reference

1. Clements James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
2. 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