The liocichlas are a group of birds in the
genus
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of the same name, ''Liocichla'', from the family
Leiothrichidae
The laughingthrushes are a family, Leiothrichidae, of Old World passerine birds. The family contains 133 species and is divided into 16 genera. The species are diverse in size and coloration. These are birds of tropical areas, with the greatest v ...
. They are found in
Asia
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from
India
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to
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
. They belong to a
clade
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also containing at least the ''
Leiothrix'', the
barwings, the
minlas and the
sibias. Among these, they are an early offshoot, or
basal lineage.
Taxonomy
Speciation in the group is thought to have begun with the ancestral species originating somewhere in southern China, making ''L. steerii'' the basal species. The lineage consisting of ''L. ripponi'' and ''L. phoenicea'' are thought to have had a split in the Pleistocene (0.07–1.88 Ma) with a similar split of the other lineage leading to ''L. bugunorum'' and ''L. omeiensis'' separated by the Hengduan mountains.
Species
The genus contains five species:
See also
*
Bird species new to science described in the 2000s
This page details the bird species described as new to science in the years 2000 to 2010:
Summary statistics
Number of species described per year
Countries with high numbers of newly described species
* Brazil
* Colombia
* Peru
* Indonesia
...
References
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Bird genera
Leiothrichidae