Erythrogenys

Erythrogenys
Large scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys hypoleucos)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Timaliidae
Genus:	Erythrogenys Baker, 1930
Type species
Pomatorhinus erythrogenys [1] Vigors, 1831
Species
See text
Synonyms
MegapomatorhinusMoyle et al., 2012

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. ^{[2] [3]} The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ερυθρος/eruthros meaning "red" with γενυος/genuos meaning "cheek". ^[4]

The genus contains seven species: ^[5]

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Large scimitar babbler	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
	Spot-breasted scimitar babbler	Erythrogenys mcclellandi	Eastern Himalaya and western Myanmar
	Black-streaked scimitar babbler	Erythrogenys gravivox	China, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam
	Grey-sided scimitar babbler	Erythrogenys swinhoei	southern China
	Black-necklaced scimitar babbler	Erythrogenys erythrocnemis	Taiwan.

References

1. "Timalidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
2. Baker, E.C. Stuart (1930). The Fauna of British India Birds including Ceylon and Burma. Birds. Vol. 7 (2nd ed.). London: Taylor and Francis. p. 192.
3. Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 528. ISBN   978-0-9568611-2-2.
4. Jobling, James A. "Erythrogenys". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Babblers & fulvettas". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 24 November 2024.

• 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.