Biology:Pterorhinus
Pterorhinus is a genus of passerine birds in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae.
Etymology
The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek pteron meaning "feather" with rhinos meaning "nostrils".[1]
Taxonomy
The genus was erected by the English zoologist Robert Swinhoe in 1868 with the plain laughingthrush (Pterorhinus davidi) as the type species.[2]
These species were at one time placed in Garrulax. In 2007, the genus Pterorhinus was resurrected to include Pterorhinus sannio and the type species Pterorhinus davidi. Following the publication of a molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, Garrulax was further split up and more species were moved to the genus Pterorhinus. At the same time, the four species previously placed in Babax were also moved to Pterorhinus.[3][4]
Species
The genus contains 23 species:[4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 155x155px | Pterorhinus albogularis | White-throated laughingthrush | Himalayas and China |
| 155x155px | Pterorhinus berthemyi | Buffy laughingthrush | China |
| 155x155px | Pterorhinus caerulatus | Grey-sided laughingthrush | eastern Himalayas |
| 155x155px | Pterorhinus chinensis | Black-throated laughingthrush | Indochina and southern China |
| 155x155px | Pterorhinus courtoisi | Blue-crowned laughingthrush | China |
| - | Pterorhinus davidi | Plain laughingthrush | China |
| 155x155px | Pterorhinus delesserti | Wayanad laughingthrush | Western Ghats |
| Pterorhinus galbanus | Yellow-throated laughingthrush | Purvanchal Range | |
| - | Pterorhinus gularis | Rufous-vented laughingthrush | Eastern Himalaya and Laos |
| - | Pterorhinus koslowi | Tibetan babax | eastern Tibet |
| 155x155px | Pterorhinus lanceolatus | Chinese babax | China |
| 155x155px | Pterorhinus mitratus | Chestnut-capped laughingthrush | montane Malay peninsula and Sumatra |
| - | Pterorhinus nuchalis | Chestnut-backed laughingthrush | northeast India and northern Myanmar |
| 155x155px | Pterorhinus parspicillatus | Masked laughingthrush | China and Vietnam |
| 155x155px | Pterorhinus pectoralis | Greater necklaced laughingthrush | China, eastern Himalayas and northern Indochina |
| 155x155px | Pterorhinus poecilorhynchus | Rusty laughingthrush | Taiwan |
| 155x155px | Pterorhinus ruficeps | Rufous-crowned laughingthrush | Taiwan |
| 155x155px | Pterorhinus ruficollis | Rufous-necked laughingthrush | Nepal, eastern Himalaya, Myanmar |
| 155x155px | Pterorhinus sannio | White-browed laughingthrush | China, northeast India and northern Indochina |
| 155x155px | Pterorhinus treacheri | Chestnut-hooded laughingthrush | montane Borneo |
| 155x155px | Pterorhinus vassali | White-cheeked laughingthrush | southern Laos and Vietnam |
| - | Pterorhinus waddelli | Giant babax | northeast India and southern Tibet |
| - | Pterorhinus woodi | Mount Victoria babax | Lushai and Chin hills |
References
- ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 322. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ↑ Swinhoe, Robert (1868). "Ornithological notes from Amoy". Ibis. 2nd Series 4: 52–65 [60–62]. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1868.tb06100.x. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16341671.
- ↑ Cibois, A.; Gelang, M.; Alström, P.; Pasquet, E.; Fjeldså, J.; Ericson, P.G.P.; Olsson, U. (2018). "Comprehensive phylogeny of the laughingthrushes and allies (Aves, Leiothrichidae) and a proposal for a revised taxonomy". Zoologica Scripta 47 (4): 428–440. doi:10.1111/zsc.12296.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2019). "Laughingthrushes and allies". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/laughingthrushes/. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- 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 ☰ Q55312740 entry
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