Leiothrix (bird)
Genus of birds
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The genus Leiothrix was introduced in 1832 by the English naturalist William Swainson with the red-billed leiothrix as the type species. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
The genus contains two species:
Some authors have split silver-eared mesia into two species, L. argentauris in mainland Asia, and Sumatram mesia L. laurinae (with rookmakeri as a subspecies of it) on Sumatra, but this has not been followed by either the IOC World Bird List or the AviList.
Because of their plumage and song, they are frequently kept as cagebirds..
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