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Genus: ''Garrulax''
 
Genus: ''Garrulax''

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Genus: Garrulax

Description

This genus contains over 40 species of Laughingthrushes from Asia. These are medium-sized, thrush-like babblers with soft fluffy plumage. They are usually terrestrial. Like other babblers they have short rounded wings. The highest diversity is found in the Himalayas and Southern China.

Taxonomy

Garrulax is a genus in the family Leiothrichidae.
It was formerly included in the family Timaliidae.
New research showed that this genus is highly polyphyletic and should be split in different genus and re-arranged within the Timaliidae. Already accepted is the genus Trochalopteron with 21 species formerly placed here. Clements also recognizes the genus Ianthocincla and includes the genus Babax in here.
Other proposed new genera would be Dryonastes, Melanocichla, Rhinocichla, Grammatoptila, Stactocichla, Leucodioptron, Strophocincla and Pterorhinus. 1,3.


Genus Garrulax viewedit
G. merulinus Spot-breasted Laughingthrush
G. annamensis Orange-breasted Laughingthrush
G. canorus Chinese Hwamei
G. taewanus Taiwan Hwamei
G. monileger Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush
G. rufifrons Rufous-fronted Laughingthrush
G. palliatus Sunda Laughingthrush
G. leucolophus White-crested Laughingthrush
G. bicolor Sumatran Laughingthrush
G. milleti Black-hooded Laughingthrush
G. streptipans White-necked Laughingthrush
G. ferrarius Cambodian Laughingthrush
G. maesi Grey Laughingthrush
G. castanotis Rufous-cheeked Laughingthrush

References

  1. 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
  2. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  3. Cibois, A. 2003. Mitochondrial DNA phylogeny of babblers (Timaliidae). In The Auk, January 2003. Downloaded from http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3793/is_200301/ai_n9225604 on 4/8/2008

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