Liocichla

Liocichla
Scarlet-faced liocichla (Liocichla ripponi)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Leiothrichidae
Genus:	Liocichla R. Swinhoe, 1877
Type species
Liocichla steerii [1] Swinhoe, 1877
Species
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The liocichlas are a group of birds in the genus of the same name, Liocichla, from the family Leiothrichidae. They are found in Asia from India to China. They belong to a clade also containing at least the Leiothrix , the barwings, the minlas and the sibias. The Liocichla radiation likely began sometime between the mid-Miocene and the Miocene-Pliocene boundary ^[2] .

Taxonomy

L. steerii, endemic to the island of Taiwan, is the sister species to all other species in the genus ^[2] . Molecular evidence also indicates that an L. phoenicea/L. ripponi clade is sister to an L. bugunorum/L. omeiensis clade, and suggests a complex biogeographic history in the group ^[2] .

L. steerii L. omeiensis L. bugunorum L. phoenicea L. ripponi

Phylogeny of the genus. [3]

Species

The genus contains five species: ^[4]

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Liocichla phoenicea	Red-faced liocichla	Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Northeast India, Nepal and western Yunnan.
	Liocichla ripponi	Scarlet-faced liocichla	Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and southern China.
	Liocichla omeiensis	Emei Shan liocichla	Sichuan, China.
	Liocichla bugunorum	Bugun liocichla	Arunachal Pradesh, India
	Liocichla steerii	Steere's liocichla	Taiwan.

See also

• Bird species new to science described in the 2000s

References

1. "Leiothrichidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
2. Mays, Herman L; McKay, Bailey D; Tietze, Dieter Thomas; Yao, Cheng-Te; Miller, Lindsey N; Moreland, Kathleen N; Lei, Fumin (December 2015). "A multilocus molecular phylogeny for the avian genus Liocichla (Passeriformes: Leiothrichidae: Liocichla)". Avian Research. 6 (1) 17. doi: 10.1186/s40657-015-0025-y . ISSN   2053-7166.
3. Mays, Herman L; McKay, Bailey D; Tietze, Dieter Thomas; Yao, Cheng-Te; Miller, Lindsey N; Moreland, Kathleen N; Lei, Fumin (2015). "A multilocus molecular phylogeny for the avian genus Liocichla (Passeriformes: Leiothrichidae: Liocichla)". Avian Research. 6 (17): 1–13. doi: 10.1186/s40657-015-0025-y .
4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Laughingthrushes and allies". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 10 June 2018.