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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]

Genus Actinodura – Nine species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Bar-throated minla

Actinodura strigula
(Hodgson, 1837)
central Nepal through India, southern China and Bhutan Size:

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Spectacled barwing

Actinodura ramsayi
Walden, 1875
China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Size:

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Rusty-fronted barwing

Actinodura egertoni
Gould, 1836
Southeast Asia from the Himalayas to north-eastern Myanmar. Size:

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Blue-winged minla

Actinodura cyanouroptera
(Hodgson, 1837)
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam. Size:

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Hoary-throated barwing

Actinodura nipalensis
(Hodgson, 1836)
Bhutan, India, Tibet, and Nepal. Size:

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Black-crowned barwing

Actinodura sodangorum
(Eames, JC, Trai Trong Le, Nguyen Cu & Eve, 1998)
Laos and Vietnam Size:

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Streaked barwing


Actinodura souliei
Oustalet, 1897
China and Vietnam. Size:

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Streak-throated barwing

Actinodura waldeni
Godwin-Austen, 1874
western Yunnan, southern Tibet, Northeast India and Myanmar. Size:

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Taiwan barwing

Actinodura morrisoniana
Ogilvie-Grant, 1906
Taiwan. Size:

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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.