Mixornis
Mixornis is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae.
| Mixornis | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Pin-striped tit-babbler, (Mixornis gularis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Timaliidae |
| Genus: | Mixornis Blyth, 1842 |
| Type species | |
| Macronous gularis rubicapillus (pin-striped tit-babbler) Tickell, 1833 | |
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.[1][2] 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).[1][3][4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek mixis meaning "mixed" or "mingling" with ornis meaning "bird".[5]
Species
The genus includes the following species:[1]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg.webp) | Pin-striped tit-babbler | Mixornis gularis | Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam |
| Bold-striped tit-babbler | Mixornis bornensis | Borneo, and Java | |
 | Grey-cheeked tit-babbler | Mixornis flavicollis | Java |
| Kangean tit-babbler | Mixornis prillwitzi | the Kangean Islands | |
| Grey-faced tit-babbler | Mixornis kelleyi | Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam | |
References
- 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.
- 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.
- Blyth, Edward (1842). "Report from the curator". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 11, Part 2 (128): 788-799 [794, note].
- 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.
- Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 257. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- 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.