Barwing

Barwing
Taiwan barwing (Actinodura morrisoniana)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Leiothrichidae
Genus:	Actinodura Gould, 1836
Type species
Actinodura egertoni Gould, 1836
Species
See text

The barwings are the genus Actinodura of passerine birds in the family Leiothrichidae. They are found in the hills of Southern Asia, from Eastern India to China and Taiwan.

Taxonomy

The genus Actinodura was introduced in 1836 by the English ornithologist John Gould with Actinodura egertoni Gould 1836, the rusty-fronted barwing, as the type species. ^{[1] [2]} The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ακτινωδης/aktinōdēs meaning "like rays" with ουρα/oura meaning "tail". ^[3]

The genus contains nine species: ^[4]

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Bar-throated minla	Actinodura strigula	central Nepal through India, southern China and Bhutan
	Spectacled barwing	Actinodura ramsayi	China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam
	Rusty-fronted barwing	Actinodura egertoni	Southeast Asia from the Himalayas to north-eastern Myanmar
	Blue-winged minla	Actinodura cyanouroptera	Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam
	Hoary-throated barwing	Actinodura nipalensis	Bhutan, India, Tibet, and Nepal
	Black-crowned barwing	Actinodura sodangorum	Laos and Vietnam
	Streaked barwing	Actinodura souliei	China and Vietnam
	Streak-throated barwing	Actinodura waldeni	western Yunnan, southern Tibet, Northeast India and Myanmar
	Taiwan barwing	Actinodura morrisoniana	Taiwan

References

1. Gould, John (1836). "Actinodura". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 4 (38): 17–18.
2. Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds. (1964). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 390.
3. Jobling, James A. "Actinodura". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Laughingthrushes and allies". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

• 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.