Erythrogenys
''Erythrogenys '' is a genus of scimitar babblers, jungle birds with long downcurved bills. These are birds of tropical Asia. Taxonomy The genus ''Erythrogenys'' was introduced in 1930 by the British ornithologist E. C. Stuart Baker. He specified the type species as ''Pomatorhinus erythrogens'' that had been described in 1831 by Nicholas Aylward Vigors, Nicholas Vigors. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ερυθρος/''eruthros'' meaning "red" with γενυος/''genuos'' meaning "cheek". The genus contains seven species: References

*Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. ''Handbook of the Birds of the World'', Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. {{Taxonbar, from=Q23306962 Erythrogenys, Bird genera ...
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