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Genus of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mixornis is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae.
Mixornis | |
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Pin-striped tit-babbler, (Mixornis gularis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Timaliidae |
Genus: | Mixornis Blyth, 1842 |
Type species | |
Timalia chloris[1] = Motacilla rubicapilla Blyth, 1842 |
These species were formerly placed in the genus Macronus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2012 found that Macronus was not monophyletic. To create monophyletic genera Macronus was split and some species moved to the resurrected genus Mixornis.[2][3] Mixornis had been introduced in 1842 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth to accommodate the taxon Timalia chloris. This is a junior synonym of Macronous gularis rubicapillus which had been described in 1833 by Samuel Tickell. It is now one of the subspecies of the pin-striped tit-babbler (Mixornis gularis rubicapilla).[2][4][5] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek mixis meaning "mixed" or "mingling" with ornis meaning "bird".[6]
The genus includes the following species:[2]
Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Pin-striped tit-babbler | Mixornis gularis | Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam | |
Bold-striped tit-babbler | Mixornis bornensis | Borneo, and Java | |
Grey-cheeked tit-babbler | Mixornis flavicollis | Java | |
Kangean tit-babbler | Mixornis prillwitzi | the Kangean Islands | |
Grey-faced tit-babbler | Mixornis kelleyi | Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam | |
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