Malacocincla | |
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Abbott's babbler, Malacocincla abbotti | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Pellorneidae |
Genus: |
Malacocincla Blyth, 1845 [1] |
Type species | |
Malacocincla abbotti
[2] Blyth, 1845
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Malacocincla is a genus of passerine birds in the family Pellorneidae. The type species for this genus is M. abbotti, and a 2012 study shows that members of the genus Malacocincla as defined earlier fall into multiple clades and are therefore polyphyletic. M. abbotti and M. sepiaria remain within a common clade and could be retained in the genus if generic reassignments occur. This clade is a sister of the genus Napothera. M. cinereiceps and M. malaccensis fall into a different clade and are a sister to the genus Trichastoma and nested within several species of Pellorneum. The position of M. perspicillata has not been resolved. [3]
The genus contains the following three species: [4]
Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Abbott's babbler | Malacocincla abbotti | Southeast Asia. | |
Horsfield's babbler | Malacocincla sepiaria | Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand | |
Black-browed babbler | Malacocincla perspicillata | Borneo |
Malacocincla | |
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Abbott's babbler, Malacocincla abbotti | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Pellorneidae |
Genus: |
Malacocincla Blyth, 1845 [1] |
Type species | |
Malacocincla abbotti
[2] Blyth, 1845
|
Malacocincla is a genus of passerine birds in the family Pellorneidae. The type species for this genus is M. abbotti, and a 2012 study shows that members of the genus Malacocincla as defined earlier fall into multiple clades and are therefore polyphyletic. M. abbotti and M. sepiaria remain within a common clade and could be retained in the genus if generic reassignments occur. This clade is a sister of the genus Napothera. M. cinereiceps and M. malaccensis fall into a different clade and are a sister to the genus Trichastoma and nested within several species of Pellorneum. The position of M. perspicillata has not been resolved. [3]
The genus contains the following three species: [4]
Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Abbott's babbler | Malacocincla abbotti | Southeast Asia. | |
Horsfield's babbler | Malacocincla sepiaria | Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand | |
Black-browed babbler | Malacocincla perspicillata | Borneo |