Barwing
Taiwan barwing (Actinodura morrisoniana)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Actinodura
Gould, 1836
Type species
Actinodura egertoni
Species

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The barwings are the genus Actinodura of passerine birds in the family Leiothrichidae. They are found in the hills of Southern Asia, from Eastern India to China and Taiwan.

Species

The genus contains nine species:[1]

ImageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
Bar-throated minlaActinodura strigulacentral Nepal through India, southern China and Bhutan
Spectacled barwingActinodura ramsayiChina, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Rusty-fronted barwingActinodura egertoniSoutheast Asia from the Himalayas to north-eastern Myanmar.
Blue-winged minlaActinodura cyanouropteraBangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam.
Hoary-throated barwingActinodura nipalensisBhutan, India, Tibet, and Nepal.
Black-crowned barwingActinodura sodangorumLaos and Vietnam
Streaked barwingActinodura soulieiChina and Vietnam.
Streak-throated barwingActinodura waldeniwestern Yunnan, southern Tibet, Northeast India and Myanmar.
Taiwan barwingActinodura morrisonianaTaiwan.

References

  1. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Laughingthrushes and allies". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • 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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