Taxonomic Recommendations
Moyle R, Andersen M, Oliveros C, Steinheimer F, Reddy S (2012). Phylogeny and biogeography of the core babblers (Aves: Timaliidae). Systematic Biology.
Taxonomic recommendations:
Timaliidae
1. Timaliinae
- Timalia (pileata)
- Mixornis ([Macronus] gularis, flavicollis, kelleyi)
- Dumetia (hyperythra)
- Rhopocichla (atriceps)
- Macronus (striaticeps, ptilosus)
- Cyanoderma ([Stachyris] chrysaeum, erythropterum, melanothorax, pyrrhops, ruficeps, ambiguum, rufifrons)
- Spelaeornis (caudatus, badeigularis, troglodytoides, formosus, chocolatinus, longicaudatus)
- Pomatorhinus (ferruginosus, ochraceiceps, ruficollis, horsfieldii, schisticeps, montanus, [Xiphirhynchus] superciliaris)
- Megapomatorhinus ([Pomatorhinus] hypoleucos, erythrocnemis, erythrogenys, swinhoei)
- Stachyris (grammiceps, nigricollis, maculata, nigriceps, poliocephala, leucotis, thoracica, oglei, striolata, rodolphei, herberti, nonggangensis, [Sphenocichla] humei)
2. Pellorneinae
- Malacopteron (palawanense, magnirostre, affine, cinereum, magnum, albogulare)
- Gampsorhynchus (rufulus)
- Schoeniparus ([Alcippe] cinereus, castaneceps, rufogularis, brunneus, dubius)
- Illadopsis (fulvescens, rufipennis, pyrrhoptera, cleaveri, albipectus, rufescens, puveli, [Ptyrticus] turdina)
- Pellorneum (ruficeps, capistratum, fuscocapillus, palustre, albiventre, tickelli, pyrrogenys, [Malacocincla] malaccense, cinereiceps, [Trichastoma] rostratum, celebense, bicolor)
- Kenopia (striata)
- Napothera (epilepidota, [Jabouilleia] danjoui, naungmungensis, [Rimator] malacoptila)
- Ptilocichla (leucogrammica, mindanensis, falcata)
- Turdinus ([Malacocincla] abbotti, sepiarius, perspicillatus, [Napothera] macrodactylus, rufipectus, atrigularis, marmoratus, crispifrons, brevicaudatus, crassus)
- Graminicola (bengalensis)
3. Leiothrichinae
- Alcippe (variegaticeps, ludlowi, brunneicauda, poioicephala, morrisonia, pyrrhoptera, peracensis, nipalensis, grotei)
- Grammatoptila ([Garrulax] striata)
- Cutia (nipalensis)
- Turdoides (nipalensis, altirostris, caudata, earlei, gularis, longirostris, malcolmi, squamiceps, fulva, aylmeri, rubiginosa, subrufa, striata, rufescens, affinis, reinwardtii, tenebrosa, sharpie, hartlaubii, melanops, squamulata, leucopygia, bicolor, hypoleuca, hindei, leucocephala, plebejus, jardineii, gymnogenys, [Kupeornis] gilberti, rufocincta, chapini, [Phyllanthus] atripennis)
- Garrulax (cinereifrons, palliatus, rufifrons, perspicillatus, leucolophus, monileger, lugubris, strepitans, milleti, maesi, merulinus, canorus)
- Ianthocincla ([Garrulax] sukatschewi, cineracea, rufogularis, konkakinhensis, ocellata, lunulata, bieti, maxima, pectoralis, albogularis, ruficollis, nuchalis, chinensis, vassali, galbana, delesserti, gularis, davidi, caerulata, poecilorhyncha, mitrata, sannio, [Babax] lanceolata, waddelli, koslowi)
- Trochalopteron ([Garrulax] cachinnans, jerdoni, lineatum, virgatum, subunicolor, austeni, squamatum, elliotii, variegatum, henrici, affinis, morrisonianum, erythrocephalum, ngoclinhensis, yersini, formosum, milnei)
- Heterophasia (capistrata, gracilis, melanoleuca, desgodinsi, auricularis, pulchella, picaoides)
- Leiothrix (argentauris, lutea)
- Minla (ignotincta, [Heterophasia] annectans)
- Crocias (langbianis, albonotatus)
- Liocichla (omeiensis, bugunorum, steerii, phoenicea)
- Actinodura (sodangorum, nipalensis, waldeni, souliei, morrisoniana, egertoni, ramsayi, [Minla] cyanouroptera, strigula)