Melanocichla Explained

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

Taxonomy

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

The genus contains the following species:^[4]

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Sharpe . R. Bowdler . Richard Bowdler Sharpe . 1883 . Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Cichlomorphae Part 4 Timeliidae . 7 . Trustees of the British Museum . London . 451 . Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum .
2. Book: Mayr . Ernst . Ernst Mayr . Paynter . Raymond A. Jr . 1964 . Check-List of Birds of the World . 10 . Museum of Comparative Zoology . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 349 .
3. Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 246 .
4. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela Rasmussen . August 2022 . Babblers & fulvettas . IOC World Bird List Version 12.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 17 September 2022 .