Erythrogenys
Genus of birds
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Erythrogenys is a genus of scimitar babblers, jungle birds with long downcurved bills. These are birds of tropical Asia.
| Erythrogenys | |
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| Large scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys hypoleucos) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Timaliidae |
| Genus: | Erythrogenys Baker, 1930 |
| Type species | |
| Pomatorhinus erythrogenys[1] Vigors, 1831 | |
| Species | |
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See text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Megapomatorhinus Moyle et al., 2012 | |
Taxonomy
The genus Erythrogenys was introduced in 1930 by the British ornithologist E. C. Stuart Baker. He specified the type species as Pomatorhinus erythrogens that had been described in 1831 by Nicholas Vigors.[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ερυθρος/eruthros meaning "red" with γενυος/genuos meaning "cheek".[4]
The genus contains seven species:[5]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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| Large scimitar babbler | Erythrogenys hypoleucos | Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam |
_Nagarjun.jpg) | Rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler | Erythrogenys erythrogenys | Himalayas from northeast Pakistan to Bhutan |
_(cropped).jpg) | Red-eyed scimitar babbler | Erythrogenys imberbis (split from E. erythrogenys) | east Myanmar to northwest Thailand |
 | Spot-breasted scimitar babbler | Erythrogenys mcclellandi | Eastern Himalaya and western Myanmar |
,_Hong_He_Gu,_Shaanxi_(8077184992).jpg) | Black-streaked scimitar babbler | Erythrogenys gravivox | China, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam |
 | Grey-sided scimitar babbler | Erythrogenys swinhoei | southern China |
 | Black-necklaced scimitar babbler | Erythrogenys erythrocnemis | Taiwan. |