Leiothrix (bird)
Leiothrix is a genus of passerine birds in the family Leiothrichidae. They belong to a clade also containing at least the liocichlas, barwings, minlas and sibias. The sibias are possibly their closest living relatives.
Leiothrix | |
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Silver-eared mesia Leiothrix argentauris | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Leiothrichidae |
Genus: | Leiothrix Swainson, 1832 |
Type species | |
Parus furcatus = Sylvia luteo Temminck, 1824 | |
Species | |
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