The liocichlas are a group of birds in the
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of the same name, ''Liocichla'', from the family
Leiothrichidae
The laughingthrushes are a family, Leiothrichidae, of Old World passerine birds. They are diverse in size and coloration. These are birds of tropical areas, with the greatest variety in Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. The entire fam ...
. They are found in
Asia
Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...
from
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
to
China. They belong to a
clade also containing at least the ''
Leiothrix'', the
barwings, the
minla
The red-tailed minla (''Minla ignotincta'') is a passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Minla''.
It is found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Its range includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, Indi ...
s and the
sibias. Among these, they are an early offshoot, or
basal lineage.
Taxonomy
Speciation in the group is thought to have begun with the ancestral species originating somewhere in southern China, making ''L. steerii'' the basal species. The lineage consisting of ''L. ripponi'' and ''L. phoenicea'' are thought to have had a split in the Pleistocene (0.07–1.88 Ma) with a similar split of the other lineage leading to ''L. bugunorum'' and ''L. omeiensis'' separated by the Hengduan mountains.
Species
The genus contains five species:
See also
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Bird species new to science described in the 2000s
This page details the bird species described as new to science in the years 2000 to 2010:
Summary statistics
Number of species described per year
Countries with high numbers of newly described species
* Brazil
* Colombia
* Peru
* Indonesia
...
References
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Bird genera
Endemic birds of East Asia
Leiothrichidae