Turdoides

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]

Turdoides
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

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]

Species

The genus contains the following 19 species:^[4]

• Brown babbler, Turdoides plebejus
• Bare-cheeked babbler, Turdoides gymnogenys
• Arrow-marked babbler, Turdoides jardineii
• Scaly babbler, Turdoides squamulata
• White-rumped babbler, Turdoides leucopygia
• White-headed babbler, Turdoides leucocephala
• Blackcap babbler, Turdoides reinwardtii
• Dusky babbler, Turdoides tenebrosa
• Southern pied babbler, Turdoides bicolor
• Northern pied babbler, Turdoides hypoleuca
• Black-lored babbler, Turdoides sharpei
• Black-faced babbler, Turdoides melanops
• Hartlaub's babbler, Turdoides hartlaubii
• Hinde's babbler, Turdoides hindei
• Spiny babbler, Turdoides nipalensis
• White-throated mountain babbler, Turdoides gilberti – previously in Kupeornis
• Red-collared babbler, Turdoides rufocinctus – previously in Kupeornis
• Chapin's babbler, Turdoides chapini – previously in Kupeornis
• Capuchin babbler, Turdoides atripennis – previously in monotypic Phyllanthus

References

1. Cibois, Alice; Gelang, Magnus; Alström, Per; Pasquet, Eric; Fjeldså, Jon; Ericson, Per G. P.; Olsson, Urban (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. S2CID 51883434.
2. Cretzschmar, Philipp Jakob (1826). "Vögel". In Rüppell, Eduard (ed.). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika (in German). Vol. 1826–1828. Frankfurt am Main: Heinr. Ludw. Brönner. pp. 1–55 [6–7, plate 4].
3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 392. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Laughingthrushes and allies". World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 16 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.