Leiothrix (bird)

Leiothrix (bird)

Taxobox
name = "Leiothrix"


image_width = 200px
image_caption = Silver-eared Mesia "Leiothrix argentauris"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Timaliidae
genus = "Leiothrix"
genus_authority = Swainson in Richardson, 1832
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Leiothrix argentauris" "Leiothrix lutea"

Leiothrix is a genus in the Old World babbler family. Among the Old World babblers proper, they belong to a clade also containing at least the liocichlas, barwings, minlas and sibias. The sibias are possibly their closest living relatives (Cibois 2003).

There are two species:

* Silver-eared Mesia, "Leiothrix argentauris"
* Red-billed Leiothrix or "Pekin Nightingale", "Leiothrix lutea"

Their delicate colors and accomplished song make them popular cagebirds.

References

* Cibois, Alice (2003a): Mitochondrial DNA Phylogeny of Babblers (Timaliidae). "Auk" 120(1): 1-20. DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2003)120 [0035:MDPOBT] 2.0.CO;2 [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3793/is_200301/ai_n9225604 HTML fulltext without images]
* Collar, N. J. & Robson C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) Pp. 70 - 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. "Handbook of the Birds of the World", Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.


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