Babbler Clades

We treat these clades of roughly equal rank as families for purposes of sorting genera. Final treatment as families or subfamilies will depend on their relative rank in a well-supported and complete phylogeny.

BABBLER FAMILIES - WORKING DRAFT  AUGUST 2009

Sylviidae Zosteropidae Timaliidae Pellorneidae Leiothrichidae
Sylviid Babblers White-eyes  Tree and scimatar babblers Core Babblers Laughingthrushes

Myzornis
Parophasma
Sylvia
Lioparus
Moupinia
Chrysomma
Fulvetta
Rhopophilus
Chamaea
Conostoma
Paradoxornis
Pseudoalcippe
Horizorhinus
Lioptilus

Yuhina
Dasycrotapha
Sterrhoptilus
Zosterornis
Speirops
Zosterops
Woodfordia
Rukia
Cleptornis
Apalopteron
Tephrozosterops
Madanga
Lophozosterops
Oculocincta
Heleia
Chlorocharis
Megazosterops
Hypocryptadius  Incertae sedis

Stachyridopsis
Stachyris
Macronus
Micromacronus
Rhopocichla
Dumetia
Timalia
Sphenocichla
Spelaeornis
Pomatorhinus

Schoeniparus
Alcippe
Gampsorhynchus
Malacocincla
Kenopia
Ptilocichla
Graminicola
Pellorneum
Illadopsis
Ptyrticus
Turdinus
Napothera
Robsonius
Jabouilleia
Rimator
Malacopteron
Trichastoma
Leonardina

Babax
Garrulax
Turdoides
Kupeornis
Phyllanthus
Cutia
Leiothrix
Crocias
Heterophasia
Liocichla
Actinodura
Minla