Laniellus Explained

Laniellus is a genus of passerine birds in the family Leiothrichidae.

Taxonomy

These species were both formerly placed in the genus Crocias but under the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature Laniellus Swainson, 1832 has priority over Crocias Temminck, 1836. The type species is the spotted crocias.^{[1] [2]}

Species

The genus contains two species:^[3]

• Spotted crocias (Laniellus albonotatus)
• Grey-crowned crocias (Laniellus langbianis)

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

1. Gregory . S.M.S. . Dickinson . E. . 2012 . An assessment of three little-noticed papers on avian nomenclature by G.N. Kashin during 1978-1982 . Zootaxa . 3340 . 44–58 [51] . 10.11646/zootaxa.3340.1.3 .
2. 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 . 548 .
3. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2019 . Laughingthrushes and allies . World Bird List Version 9.1 . International Ornithologists' Union . 16 January 2019 .