Neomixis

Neomixis is a genus of small forest birds that are endemic to Madagascar.

Neomixis
Common jery (Neomixis tenella)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Cisticolidae
Genus:	Neomixis Sharpe, 1881
Type species
Neomixis striatigula[1] Sharpe, 1881
Native range of Neomixis striatigula

The genus was introduced by the English zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1881. The type species is the stripe-throated jery (Neomixis striatigula).^[2] The genus was formerly placed in the Old World babbler family but is now considered to belong to the family Cisticolidae.

Species

The genus includes three species:^[3]

Image	Scientific Name	Common Name	Distribution
	Neomixis striatigula	Stripe-throated jery	eastern Madagascar
	Neomixis tenella	Common jery	Madagascar
	Neomixis viridis	Green jery	eastern Madagascar

Another species the wedge-tailed jery (Hartertula flavoviridis) was until recently placed in this genus but biochemical studies suggest its true relationships lie elsewhere.