Mixornis

Mixornis is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae.

Mixornis
Pin-striped tit-babbler, (Mixornis gularis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Timaliidae
Genus:	Mixornis Blyth, 1842
Type species
Timalia chloris[1] = Motacilla rubicapilla Blyth, 1842

Taxonomy

These species were formerly placed in the genus Macronus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2012 found that Macronus was not monophyletic. To create monophyletic genera Macronus was split and some species moved to the resurrected genus Mixornis.^[2][3] Mixornis had been introduced in 1842 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth to accommodate the taxon Timalia chloris. This is a junior synonym of Macronous gularis rubicapillus which had been described in 1833 by Samuel Tickell. It is now one of the subspecies of the pin-striped tit-babbler (Mixornis gularis rubicapilla).^[2][4][5] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek mixis meaning "mixed" or "mingling" with ornis meaning "bird".^[6]

Species

The genus includes the following species:^[2]

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Pin-striped tit-babbler	Mixornis gularis	Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam
	Bold-striped tit-babbler	Mixornis bornensis	Borneo, and Java
	Grey-cheeked tit-babbler	Mixornis flavicollis	Java
	Kangean tit-babbler	Mixornis prillwitzi	the Kangean Islands
	Grey-faced tit-babbler	Mixornis kelleyi	Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam