Mixornis


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

Taxonomy

These species were formerly placed in the genus Macronus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2012 found that Macronus was not monophyletic. To create monophyletic genera Macronus was split and some species moved to the resurrected genus Mixornis. Mixornis had been introduced in 1842 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth to accommodate the taxon Timalia chloris. This is a junior synonym of Macronous gularis rubicapillus which had been described in 1833 by Samuel Tickell. It is now one of the subspecies of the pin-striped tit-babbler. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek mixis meaning "mixed" or "mingling" with ornis meaning "bird".

Species

The genus includes the following species:
ImageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
Pin-striped tit-babblerMixornis gularisBangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam
Bold-striped tit-babblerMixornis bornensisBorneo, and Java
Grey-cheeked tit-babblerMixornis flavicollisJava
Kangean tit-babblerMixornis prillwitzithe Kangean Islands
Grey-faced tit-babblerMixornis kelleyiCambodia, Laos, and Vietnam