Melanocichla
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Genus of birds
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Timaliidae |
| Genus: | Melanocichla Sharpe, 1883 |
| Type species | |
| Timalia lugubris (black laughingthrush) S. Müller, 1835 | |
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Melanocichla is a genus of birds in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae.
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]
A 2019 molecular phylogenetic study found that the genus Melanocichla was sister to the genus Pomatorhinus containing the scimitar babblers.[4]
Species
The genus contains the following species:[5]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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 | Black laughingthrush | Melanocichla lugubris | extreme south Thailand, Malaysia and Sumatra |
 | Bare-headed laughingthrush | Melanocichla calva | Borneo |
References
- ↑ 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. Vol. 7. London: Trustees of the British Museum. p. 451.
- ↑ Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds. (1964). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 349.
- ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 246. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ↑ Cai, T.; Cibois, A.; Alström, P.; Moyle, R.G.; Kennedy, J.D.; Shao, S.; Zhang, R.; Irestedt, M.; Ericson, P.G.P.; Gelang, M.; Qu, Y.; Lei, F.; Fjeldså, J. (2019). "Near-complete phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the world's babblers (Aves: Passeriformes)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 130: 346–356. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.010. PMID 30321696.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Babblers & fulvettas". IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
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