Erythrogenys is a genus of scimitar babblers, jungle birds with long downcurved bills. These are birds of tropical Asia.
Taxonomy The genus Erythrogenys was introduced in 1930 by the British ornithologist E. C. Stuart Baker. He specified the type species as Pomatorhinus erythrogens that had been described in 1831 by Nicholas Vigors. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ερυθρος/eruthros meaning "red" with γενυος/genuos meaning "cheek".
The genus contains seven species:
Image Common name Scientific name Distribution Large scimitar babbler Erythrogenys hypoleucos Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam Rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler Erythrogenys erythrogenysHimalayas from northeast Pakistan to Bhutan Red-eyed scimitar babbler Erythrogenys imberbis (split from E. erythrogenys) east Myanmar to northwest Thailand Spot-breasted scimitar babbler Erythrogenys mcclellandiEastern Himalaya and western Myanmar Black-streaked scimitar babbler Erythrogenys gravivoxChina, Laos, Myanmar and VietnamGrey-sided scimitar babbler Erythrogenys swinhoei southern China Black-necklaced scimitar babbler Erythrogenys erythrocnemisTaiwan.
References
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.