Malacocincla

Malacocincla is a genus of passerine birds in the family Pellorneidae. The type species for this genus is M. abbotti, and a 2012 study shows that members of the genus Malacocincla as defined earlier fall into multiple clades and are therefore polyphyletic. M. abbotti and M. sepiaria remain within a common clade and could be retained in the genus if generic reassignments occur. This clade is a sister of the genus Napothera. M. cinereiceps and M. malaccensis fall into a different clade and are a sister to the genus Trichastoma and nested within several species of Pellorneum. The position of M. perspicillata has not been resolved.

==Species== The genus contains the following three species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Common name !! Scientific name !! Distribution |- |120px ||Abbott's babbler||Malacocincla abbotti|| Southeast Asia. |- |120px ||Horsfield's babbler ||Malacocincla sepiaria||Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand |- | 120px||Black-browed babbler ||Malacocincla perspicillata|| Borneo |}