Erythrogenys Explained
Erythrogenys is a genus of scimitar babblers, jungle birds with long downcurved bills. These are birds of tropical Asia.
Taxonomy
The genus Erythrogenys was introduced in 1930 by the British ornithologist E. C. Stuart Baker. He specified the type species as Pomatorhinus erythrogens that had been described in 1831 by Nicholas Vigors.[1] [2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ερυθρος/eruthros meaning "red" with γενυος/genuos meaning "cheek".[3]
The genus contains seven species:[4]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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| | Erythrogenys hypoleucos | Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam |
| Rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler | Erythrogenys erythrogenys | Himalayas from northeast Pakistan to Bhutan |
| Red-eyed scimitar babbler | Erythrogenys imberbis (split from E. erythrogenys) | east Myanmar to northwest Thailand |
| | Erythrogenys mcclellandi | Eastern Himalaya and western Myanmar |
| | Erythrogenys gravivox | China, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam |
| | Erythrogenys swinhoei | southern China |
| | Erythrogenys erythrocnemis | Taiwan. |
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References
- 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.
Notes and References
- Book: Baker, E.C. Stuart . E. C. Stuart Baker . 1930 . The Fauna of British India Birds including Ceylon and Burma. Birds . 7 . 2nd . London . Taylor and Francis . 192 .
- Book: Dickinson . E.C. . Edward C. Dickinson . Christidis . L. . Leslie Christidis . 2014 . The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World . 2: Passerines . 4th . Eastbourne, UK . Aves Press . 978-0-9568611-2-2 . 528 .
- Web site: Jobling . James A. . Erythrogenys . The Key to Scientific Names . Cornell Lab of Ornithology . 24 November 2024 .
- Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela C. Rasmussen . August 2024 . Babblers & fulvettas . IOC World Bird List Version 14.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 24 November 2024 .
