Melanocichla
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Timaliidae |
| Genus: | 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.
Taxonomy
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]
Species
The genus contains the following species:[4]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Black laughingthrush | Melanocichla lugubris | extreme south Thailand, Malaysia and Sumatra |
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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.
- ^ 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.