Barwing
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.
| Barwing | |
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| Taiwan barwing (Actinodura morrisoniana) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Leiothrichidae |
| Genus: | Actinodura Gould, 1836 |
| Type species | |
| Actinodura egertoni | |
| Species | |
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See text | |
Species
The genus contains nine species:[1]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Bar-throated minla | Actinodura strigula | central Nepal through India, southern China and Bhutan |
 | Spectacled barwing | Actinodura ramsayi | China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. |
 | Rusty-fronted barwing | Actinodura egertoni | Southeast Asia from the Himalayas to north-eastern Myanmar. |
.jpg.webp) | Blue-winged minla | Actinodura cyanouroptera | Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam. |
 | Hoary-throated barwing | Actinodura nipalensis | Bhutan, India, Tibet, and Nepal. |
| Black-crowned barwing | Actinodura sodangorum | Laos and Vietnam | |
| Streaked barwing | Actinodura souliei | China and Vietnam. | |
 | Streak-throated barwing | Actinodura waldeni | western Yunnan, southern Tibet, Northeast India and Myanmar. |
 | Taiwan barwing | Actinodura morrisoniana | Taiwan. |
References
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- 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.
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