Barwing

The barwings are the genus Actinodura of passerine birds in the family Leiothrichidae. They are found in the hills of Southern Asia, from Eastern India to China and Taiwan.

Taxonomy

The genus Actinodura was introduced in 1836 by the English ornithologist John Gould with Actinodura egertoni Gould 1836, the rusty-fronted barwing, as the type species. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ακτινωδης/aktinōdēs meaning "like rays" with ουρα/oura meaning "tail".

The genus contains nine species:

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
File:Minla strigula - Doi Inthanon.jpg	Bar-throated minla	Actinodura strigula	central Nepal through India, southern China and Bhutan
File:Actinodura ramsayi - Chiang Mai.jpg	Spectacled barwing	Actinodura ramsayi	China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam
File:Rusty-fronted Barwing Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary East Sikkim India 03.04.2016.jpg	Rusty-fronted barwing	Actinodura egertoni	Southeast Asia from the Himalayas to north-eastern Myanmar
File:Blue-winged Minla (35648262442).jpg	Blue-winged minla	Actinodura cyanouroptera	Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam
File:Hoary-throated Barwing Neora Valley NP India.jpg	Hoary-throated barwing	Actinodura nipalensis	Bhutan, India, Tibet, and Nepal
File:Black-crowned Barwing 0A2A7804.jpg	Black-crowned barwing	Actinodura sodangorum	Laos and Vietnam
	Streaked barwing	Actinodura souliei	China and Vietnam
File:Streak-throated barwing (34587568362).jpg	Streak-throated barwing	Actinodura waldeni	western Yunnan, southern Tibet, Northeast India and Myanmar
File:Actinodura morrisoniana 1.jpg	Taiwan barwing	Actinodura morrisoniana	Taiwan

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.