Pterorhinus

Pterorhinus
Chestnut-capped laughingthrush (Pterorhinus mitratus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Leiothrichidae
Genus:	Pterorhinus Swinhoe, 1868
Type species
Pterorhinus davidi (plain laughingthrush) Swinhoe, 1868

Pterorhinus is a genus of passerine birds in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae.

Taxonomy

The genus was erected by the English zoologist Robert Swinhoe in 1868 with the plain laughingthrush (Pterorhinus davidi) as the type species.^[1] The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek pteron meaning "feather" with rhinos meaning "nostrils".^[2]

These species were at one time placed in Garrulax but following the publication of a molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, Garrulax was split up and some of the species were moved to the resurrected genus Pterorhinus. At the same time, the four species previously placed in Babax were moved here.^[3][4]

Species

The genus contains 23 species:^[4]

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Pterorhinus delesserti	Wayanad laughingthrush	Western Ghats
-	Pterorhinus gularis	Rufous-vented laughingthrush	Eastern Himalaya and Laos
	Pterorhinus vassali	White-cheeked laughingthrush	southern Laos and Vietnam
	Pterorhinus galbanus	Yellow-throated laughingthrush	Purvanchal Range
	Pterorhinus courtoisi	Blue-crowned laughingthrush	China
	Pterorhinus mitratus	Chestnut-capped laughingthrush	montane Malay peninsula and Sumatra
	Pterorhinus treacheri	Chestnut-hooded laughingthrush	montane Borneo
	Pterorhinus ruficollis	Rufous-necked laughingthrush	Nepal, eastern Himalaya, Myanmar
-	Pterorhinus nuchalis	Chestnut-backed laughingthrush	northeast India and northern Myanmar
	Pterorhinus chinensis	Black-throated laughingthrush	Indochina and southern China
	Pterorhinus sannio	White-browed laughingthrush	China, northeast India and northern Indochina
	Pterorhinus parspicillatus	Masked laughingthrush	China and Vietnam
	Pterorhinus pectoralis	Greater necklaced laughingthrush	China, eastern Himalayas and northern Indochina
-	Pterorhinus davidi	Plain laughingthrush	China
-	Pterorhinus woodi	Mount Victoria babax	Lushai and Chin hills
	Pterorhinus lanceolatus	Chinese babax	China
-	Pterorhinus waddelli	Giant babax	northeast India and southern Tibet
-	Pterorhinus koslowi	Tibetan babax	eastern Tibet
	Pterorhinus albogularis	White-throated laughingthrush	Himalayas and China
	Pterorhinus ruficeps	Rufous-crowned laughingthrush	Taiwan
	Pterorhinus caerulatus	Grey-sided laughingthrush	eastern Himalayas
	Pterorhinus berthemyi	Buffy laughingthrush	China
	Pterorhinus poecilorhynchus	Rusty laughingthrush	Taiwan

References

1. Swinhoe, Robert (1868). "Ornithological notes from Amoy". Ibis. 2nd Series. 4: 52–65 [60–62]. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1868.tb06100.x.
2. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 322. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
3. 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.
4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Laughingthrushes and allies". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 17 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.