Malacocincla

Malacocincla is a genus of passerine birds in the family Pellorneidae. The type species for this genus is M. abbotti, and a 2012 study shows that members of the genus Malacocincla as defined earlier fall into multiple clades and are therefore polyphyletic. M. abbotti and M. sepiaria remain within a common clade and could be retained in the genus if generic reassignments occur. This clade is a sister of the genus Napothera. M. cinereiceps and M. malaccensis fall into a different clade and are a sister to the genus Trichastoma and nested within several species of Pellorneum. The position of M. perspicillata has not been resolved.^[3]

Malacocincla
Abbott's babbler, Malacocincla abbotti
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Pellorneidae
Genus:	Malacocincla Blyth, 1845[1]
Type species
Malacocincla abbotti[2] Blyth, 1845

Species

The genus contains the following three species:^[4]

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Abbott's babbler	Malacocincla abbotti	Southeast Asia.
	Horsfield's babbler	Malacocincla sepiaria	Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand
	Black-browed babbler	Malacocincla perspicillata	Borneo