Mixornis

Mixornis
Pin-striped tit-babbler, (Mixornis gularis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Timaliidae
Genus: Mixornis
Blyth, 1842
Type species
Timalia chloris = Motacilla rubicapilla
Blyth, 1842

Mixornis is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae.

Taxonomy

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. 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). The genus name combines the Ancient Greek mixis meaning "mixed" or "mingling" with ornis meaning "bird".

Species

The genus includes the following six species:

ImageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
Pin-striped tit-babblerMixornis gularisBangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam
Palawan tit-babbler Mixornis woodi Palawan and Balabac in the Philippines
Bold-striped tit-babblerMixornis bornensisBorneo, and Java
Grey-cheeked tit-babblerMixornis flavicollisJava
Kangean tit-babblerMixornis prillwitzithe Kangean Islands
Grey-faced tit-babblerMixornis kelleyiCambodia, Laos, and Vietnam

References

  1. ↑ "Timalidae". Howard & Moore Checklist Online. Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  2. 1 2 3 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Babblers & fulvettas". IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  3. ↑ Moyle, R.G.; Andersen, M.J.; Oliveros, C.H.; Steinheimer, F.D.; Reddy, S. (2012). "Phylogeny and biogeography of the core babblers (Aves: Timaliidae)". Systematic Biology. 61 (4): 631–651. doi:10.1093/sysbio/sys027. PMID 22328569.
  4. ↑ Blyth, Edward (1842). "Report from the curator". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 11, Part 2 (128): 788-799 [794, note].
  5. ↑ Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds. (1964). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 318.
  6. ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 257. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.