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Turdoides
Sign in to saveTurdoides is a genus of passerine birds in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae. The species are distributed across Africa and southern Asia and are typically fairly large, long-tailed birds which forage in noisy groups. The majority of species have drab brown or grey-brown plumage. Several species that were included in Turdoides in the past have been reassigned to Argya following a 2018 study that found multiple clades.
Species
Jungle Babbler
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyLeiothrichidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 594
- With media
- 29
- Family
- Leiothrichidae
- Collections
- WFVZ, ROM, CMNH, CUMV, DMNH
- Recorded in
- Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Kenya, Algeria
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Leiothrichidae
- Image
- Cretzschmar's Babbler imported from iNaturalist photo 73800189 on 10 January 2023 (cropped).jpg
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Turdoides is a genus of passerine birds in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae. The species are distributed across Africa and southern Asia and are typically fairly large, long-tailed birds which forage in noisy groups. The majority of species have drab brown or grey-brown plumage. Several species that were included in Turdoides in the past have been reassigned to Argya following a 2018 study that found multiple clades.
The genus Turdoides was introduced in 1826 by the German physician Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar specifically for the white-headed babbler. The name combines the thrush genus Turdus with the Ancient Greek -oidēs meaning "resembling".
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