Turdoides | |
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Brown babbler (Turdoides plebejus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Leiothrichidae |
Genus: |
Turdoides Cretzschmar, 1826 |
Type species | |
Turdoides leucocephala (
white-headed babbler)
Cretzschmar, 1826
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Species | |
See list |
Turdoides is a genus of passerine birds in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae. The species are distributed across Africa and southern Asia and are typically fairly large, long-tailed birds which forage in noisy groups. The majority of species have drab brown or grey-brown plumage. Several species that were included in Turdoides in the past have been reassigned to Argya following a 2018 study that found multiple clades. [1]
The genus Turdoides was introduced in 1826 by the German physician Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar specifically for the white-headed babbler. [2] The name combines the thrush genus Turdus with the Ancient Greek -oidēs meaning "resembling". [3]
The genus contains the following 19 species: [4]
Turdoides | |
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Brown babbler (Turdoides plebejus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Leiothrichidae |
Genus: |
Turdoides Cretzschmar, 1826 |
Type species | |
Turdoides leucocephala (
white-headed babbler)
Cretzschmar, 1826
| |
Species | |
See list |
Turdoides is a genus of passerine birds in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae. The species are distributed across Africa and southern Asia and are typically fairly large, long-tailed birds which forage in noisy groups. The majority of species have drab brown or grey-brown plumage. Several species that were included in Turdoides in the past have been reassigned to Argya following a 2018 study that found multiple clades. [1]
The genus Turdoides was introduced in 1826 by the German physician Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar specifically for the white-headed babbler. [2] The name combines the thrush genus Turdus with the Ancient Greek -oidēs meaning "resembling". [3]
The genus contains the following 19 species: [4]