Biology:Barwing

Short description: Genus of birds

Barwing
Taiwan barwing (Actinodura morrisoniana)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Leiothrichidae
Genus:	Actinodura Gould, 1836
Type species
Actinodura egertoni
Species
See text

The barwings are the genus Actinodura of passerine birds in the family Leiothrichidae. They are found in the hills of Southern Asia, from Eastern India to China and Taiwan.

Species

The genus contains nine species:

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Bar-throated minla	Actinodura strigula	central Nepal through India, southern China and Bhutan
	Spectacled barwing	Actinodura ramsayi	China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
	Rusty-fronted barwing	Actinodura egertoni	Southeast Asia from the Himalayas to north-eastern Myanmar.
	Blue-winged minla	Actinodura cyanouroptera	Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam.
	Hoary-throated barwing	Actinodura nipalensis	Bhutan, India, Tibet, and Nepal.
	Black-crowned barwing	Actinodura sodangorum	Laos and Vietnam
	Streaked barwing	Actinodura souliei	China and Vietnam.
	Streak-throated barwing	Actinodura waldeni	western Yunnan, southern Tibet, Northeast India and Myanmar.
	Taiwan barwing	Actinodura morrisoniana	Taiwan.

References

• Collar, N. J. & Robson C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Wikidata ☰ Q937947 entry