Pterorhinus
Pterorhinus is a genus of passerine birds in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae.
Taxonomy
The genus was erected by the English zoologist Robert Swinhoe in 1868 with the plain laughingthrush as the type species. The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek pteron meaning "feather" with rhinos meaning "nostrils".These species were at one time placed in Garrulax but following the publication of a molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, Garrulax was split up and some of the species were moved to the resurrected genus Pterorhinus. At the same time, the four species previously placed in Babax were moved here.
Species
The genus contains 23 species:| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
| Pterorhinus delesserti | Wayanad laughingthrush | Western Ghats | |
| - | Pterorhinus gularis | Rufous-vented laughingthrush | Eastern Himalaya and Laos |
| Pterorhinus vassali | White-cheeked laughingthrush | southern Laos and Vietnam | |
| Pterorhinus galbanus | Yellow-throated laughingthrush | Purvanchal Range | |
| Pterorhinus courtoisi | Blue-crowned laughingthrush | China | |
| Pterorhinus mitratus | Chestnut-capped laughingthrush | montane Malay peninsula and Sumatra | |
| Pterorhinus treacheri | Chestnut-hooded laughingthrush | montane Borneo | |
| Pterorhinus ruficollis | Rufous-necked laughingthrush | Nepal, eastern Himalaya, Myanmar | |
| - | Pterorhinus nuchalis | Chestnut-backed laughingthrush | northeast India and northern Myanmar |
| Pterorhinus chinensis | Black-throated laughingthrush | Indochina and southern China | |
| Pterorhinus sannio | White-browed laughingthrush | China, northeast India and northern Indochina | |
| Pterorhinus parspicillatus | Masked laughingthrush | China and Vietnam | |
| Pterorhinus pectoralis | Greater necklaced laughingthrush | China, eastern Himalayas and northern Indochina | |
| - | Pterorhinus davidi | Plain laughingthrush | China |
| - | Pterorhinus woodi | Mount Victoria babax | Lushai and Chin hills |
| Pterorhinus lanceolatus | Chinese babax | China | |
| - | Pterorhinus waddelli | Giant babax | northeast India and southern Tibet |
| - | Pterorhinus koslowi | Tibetan babax | eastern Tibet |
| Pterorhinus albogularis | White-throated laughingthrush | Himalayas and China | |
| Pterorhinus ruficeps | Rufous-crowned laughingthrush | Taiwan | |
| Pterorhinus caerulatus | Grey-sided laughingthrush | eastern Himalayas | |
| Pterorhinus berthemyi | Buffy laughingthrush | China | |
| Pterorhinus poecilorhynchus | Rusty laughingthrush | Taiwan |