Argya
Jungle babbler (Argya striata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Argya
Lesson, RP, 1831
Type species
Malurus squamiceps[1]
Species

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Argya 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 that forage in noisy groups. Members of this genus were formerly placed in the genera Turdoides and Garrulax.

Taxonomy

Most of the species now placed in the genus Argya were previously assigned to the genus Turdoides. Following the publication of a molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, Turdoides was split and species were moved to the resurrected genus Argya that had been erected by the French naturalist René Lesson in 1831.[2][3][4] The name is from the Latin argutus meaning "noisy".[5] Lesson did not specify a type species but this was designated as the Arabian babbler (Argya squamiceps) by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1855.[6][7]

The following cladogram showing the phylogenetic relationships between the species is based on a study by Alice Cibois and collaborators that was published in 2018. The Iraq babbler (Argya altirostris) and the orange-billed babbler (Argya rufescens) were not included in the study.[2] The Afghan babbler (Argya huttoni) has been split from the common babbler.[3]

Argya

Large grey babbler – Argya malcolmi

Ashy-headed laughingthrush – Argya cinereifrons

Slender-billed babbler – Argya longirostris

Rufous babbler – Argya subrufa

Jungle babbler – Argya striata

Yellow-billed babbler – Argya affinis

Rufous chatterer – Argya rubiginosa

Scaly chatterer – Argya aylmeri

Common babbler – Argya caudata

Fulvous babbler – Argya fulva

Arabian babbler – Argya squamiceps

Striated babbler – Argya earlei

White-throated babbler – Argya gularis

Species

The genus contains 16 species:[3][8]

ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Large grey babblerArgya malcolmiIndia
Ashy-headed laughingthrushArgya cinereifronsSri Lanka
Arabian babblerArgya squamicepsUnited Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen and western Saudi Arabia
Fulvous babblerArgya fulvaAlgeria, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, and Tunisia.
White-throated babblerArgya gularisMyanmar.
Striated babblerArgya earleiPakistan to Myanmar.
Iraq babblerArgya altirostrisIraq and south-western Iran
Common babblerArgya caudataIndia.
Afghan babblerArgya huttonisoutheastern Iraq to south western Pakistan.
Rufous chattererArgya rubiginosaEthiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Scaly chattererArgya aylmeriEthiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania.
Yellow-billed babblerArgya affinissouthern India and Sri Lanka.
Jungle babblerArgya striataIndia
Orange-billed babblerArgya rufescensSri Lanka.
Slender-billed babblerArgya longirostrisBangladesh, Nepal, Northeast India and possibly Myanmar
Rufous babblerArgya subrufaIndia

References

  1. ↑ "Leiothrichidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  2. 1 2 Cibois, A.; Gelang, M.; Alström, P.; Pasquet, E.; Fjeldså, J.; Ericson, P.G.P.; Olsson, U. (2018). "Comprehensive phylogeny of the laughingthrushes and allies (Aves, Leiothrichidae) and a proposal for a revised taxonomy". Zoologica Scripta. 47 (4): 428–440. doi:10.1111/zsc.12296. S2CID 51883434.
  3. 1 2 3 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Laughingthrushes and allies". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  4. ↑ Lesson, René (1831). Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique (in French). Paris: F.G. Levrault. p. 402.
  5. ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  6. ↑ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 43, No. 723.
  7. ↑ Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds. (1964). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 331.
  8. ↑ 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.
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