Pterorhinus
Genus of birds in the family Leiothrichidae
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Etymology
The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek pteron meaning "feather" with rhinos meaning "nostrils".
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Taxonomy
The genus was erected by the English zoologist Robert Swinhoe in 1868 with the plain laughingthrush (Pterorhinus davidi) as the type species.
These species were at one time placed in Garrulax. In 2007, the genus Pterorhinus was resurrected to include Pterorhinus sannio and the type species Pterorhinus davidi. Following the publication of a molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, Garrulax was further split up and more species were moved to the genus Pterorhinus. At the same time, the four species previously placed in Babax were also moved to Pterorhinus.
Species
The genus contains 23 species: