Turdoides is a genus of passerine birds in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae. The species are distributed across Africa and southern Asia and are typically fairly large, long-tailed birds which forage in noisy groups. The majority of species have drab brown or grey-brown plumage. Several species that were included in Turdoides in the past have been reassigned to Argya following a 2018 study that found multiple clades. The genus Turdoides was introduced in 1826 by the German physician Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar specifically for the white-headed babbler. The name combines the thrush genus Turdus with the Ancient Greek -oidēs meaning "resembling". Species The genus contains the following 19 species: Brown babbler, Turdoides plebejus Bare-cheeked babbler, Turdoides gymnogenys Arrow-marked babbler, Turdoides jardineii Scaly babbler, Turdoides squamulata White-rumped babbler, Turdoides leucopygia White-headed babbler, Turdoides leucocephala Blackcap babbler, Turdoides reinwardtii Dusky babbler, Turdoides tenebrosa Southern pied babbler, Turdoides bicolor Northern pied babbler, Turdoides hypoleuca Black-lored babbler, Turdoides sharpei Black-faced babbler, Turdoides melanops Hartlaub's babbler, Turdoides hartlaubii Hinde's babbler, Turdoides hindei Spiny babbler, Turdoides nipalensis White-throated mountain babbler, Turdoides gilberti – previously in Kupeornis Red-collared babbler, Turdoides rufocinctus – previously in Kupeornis Chapin's babbler, Turdoides chapini – previously in Kupeornis Capuchin babbler, Turdoides atripennis – previously in monotypic Phyllanthus 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. Bird genera Leiothrichidae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar