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

Melanocichla
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Timaliidae
Genus: Melanocichla
Sharpe, 1883
Type species
Timalia lugubris (black laughingthrush)
Species

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Taxonomy

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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

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The genus contains the following species:[4]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
  Black laughingthrush Melanocichla lugubris extreme south Thailand, Malaysia and Sumatra
  Bare-headed laughingthrush Melanocichla calva Borneo

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 246. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  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.