Argya

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Argya
Jungle Babbler I IMG 9056.jpg
Jungle babbler (Argya striata)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Argya
Lesson, R, 1831
Type species
Malurus squamiceps [1]
Species

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Argya is a genus of passerine birds in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae. The species are distributed across Africa and southern Asia and are typically fairly large, long-tailed birds that forage in noisy groups. Members of this genus were formerly placed in the genera Turdoides and Garrulax .

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Taxonomy

Most of the species now placed in the genus Argya were previously assigned to the genus Turdoides . Following the publication of a molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, Turdoides was split and species were moved to the resurrected genus Argya that had been erected by the French naturalist René Lesson in 1831. [2] [3] [4] The name is from the Latin argutus meaning "noisy". [5] Lesson did not specify a type species but this was designated as the Arabian babbler (Argya squamiceps) by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1855. [6] [7]

The following cladogram showing the phylogenetic relationships between the species is based on a study by Alice Cibois and collaborators that was published in 2018. The Iraq babbler (Argya altirostris) and the orange-billed babbler (Argya rufescens) were not included in the study. [2] The Afghan babbler (Argya huttoni) has been split from the common babbler. [3]

Argya

Large grey babblerArgya malcolmi

Ashy-headed laughingthrushArgya cinereifrons

Slender-billed babblerArgya longirostris

Rufous babblerArgya subrufa

Jungle babblerArgya striata

Yellow-billed babblerArgya affinis

Rufous chattererArgya rubiginosa

Scaly chattererArgya aylmeri

Common babblerArgya caudata

Fulvous babblerArgya fulva

Arabian babblerArgya squamiceps

Striated babblerArgya earlei

White-throated babblerArgya gularis

Species

The genus contains 16 species: [3] [8]

ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Large Gray Babbler (Turdoides malcolmi) Photograph by Shantanu Kuveskar.jpg Large grey babbler Argya malcolmiIndia
Ashy-headed Laughingthrush (Garrulax cinereifrons).jpg Ashy-headed laughingthrush Argya cinereifronsSri Lanka
Arabian babbler.jpg Arabian babbler Argya squamicepsUnited Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen and western Saudi Arabia
Fulvous Babbler.jpg Fulvous babbler Argya fulvaAlgeria, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, and Tunisia.
WhiteThroatedBabbler.JPG White-throated babbler Argya gularisMyanmar.
Striated Babbler.jpg Striated babbler Argya earleiPakistan to Myanmar.
Common Babbler Turdoides caudata by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSCN6158 (3).jpg Iraq babbler Argya altirostrisIraq and south-western Iran
Common Babbler (Turdoides caudatus) in Hodal, Haryana W IMG 6317.jpg Common babbler Argya caudataIndia.
Afghan Babbler.jpg Afghan babbler Argya huttonisoutheastern Iraq to south western Pakistan.
Rufous Chatterer - Mara - Kenya NH8O6214 (19360836989).jpg Rufous chatterer Argya rubiginosaEthiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Argya aylmeri 250295281.jpg Scaly chatterer Argya aylmeriEthiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania.
Yellow-billed Babbler (Turdoides affinis) by Dharani Prakash.jpg Yellow-billed babbler Argya affinissouthern India and Sri Lanka.
Jungle Babbler (Turdoides striatus) in Kawal, AP W IMG 1953.jpg Jungle babbler Argya striataIndia
Orange-billed babbler (18909680320).jpg Orange-billed babbler Argya rufescensSri Lanka.
Slender-billed Babbler.jpg Slender-billed babbler Argya longirostrisBangladesh, Nepal, Northeast India and possibly Myanmar
Rufous Babbler by N. A. Naseer.jpg Rufous babbler Argya subrufaIndia

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