Biology:Melanocichla

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Short description: Genus of birds

Melanocichla
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Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Timaliidae
Genus: Melanocichla
Sharpe, 1883
Type species
Timalia lugubris (black laughingthrush)
S. Müller, 1835
Species

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Melanocichla is a genus of birds in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae.

Taxonomy

The genus Melanocichla was introduced in 1883 by the English ornithologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe to accommodate a single species, the black laughingthrush, which is therefore the type species of the genus.[1][2] The name combines the Ancient Greek melas meaning "black" with kikhlkikhlē meaning "thrush".[3]

Species

The genus contains the following species:[4]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
Black Laughingthrush Melanocichla lugubris, Malaysia 002k.jpg Black laughingthrush Melanocichla lugubris extreme south Thailand, Malaysia and Sumatra
0A2A1562 Bare-headed Laughingthrush.jpg Bare-headed laughingthrush Melanocichla calva Borneo

References

  1. Sharpe, R. Bowdler (1883). Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Cichlomorphae Part 4 Timeliidae. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 7. London: Trustees of the British Museum. p. 451. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8301163. 
  2. Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds (1964). Check-List of Birds of the World. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 349. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14486538. 
  3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 246. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n246/mode/1up. 
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (August 2022). "Babblers & fulvettas". IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/babblers/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q55280520 entry