Cochoas
Green cochoa (Cochoa viridis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Cochoa
Hodgson, 1836
Type species
Cochoa purpurea[1]
Hodgson, 1836
Species

Cochoa purpurea
Cochoa viridis
Cochoa beccarii
Cochoa azurea

The cochoas (from cocho, Nepali for Cochoa purpurea)[2] are medium-sized frugivorous, insectivorous and molluscivorous birds in the genus Cochoa. Their bright contrasting plumage patterns, sexual dimorphism and feeding habits made their systematic position difficult to ascertain in early times, Richard Bowdler Sharpe placed them with the Prionopidae in 1879 while many considered them as some kind of aberrant thrush.[3] The genus was previously included in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae but molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that it is more closely related to the thrush family Turdidae.[4][5][6]

Species

These are southeast Asian forest-dwelling species, often found near water.[citation needed] The genus contains the following species:[7]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
Purple cochoa Cochoa purpurea Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam
Green cochoa Cochoa viridis Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, and possibly Bhutan.
Sumatran cochoa Cochoa beccarii Indonesia.
Javan cochoa Cochoa azurea Indonesia.

References

  1. ^ "Turdidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  2. ^ Jobling, James A. (1991). A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Oxford University Press. p. 57. ISBN 0-19-854634-3.
  3. ^ Ripley SD (1952). "The thrushes". Postilla. 13: 1–48.
  4. ^ Voelker, G.; Spellman, G.M. (2004). "Nuclear and mitochondrial evidence of polyphyly in the avian superfamily Musicapoidea". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 30 (2): 386–394. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00191-X. PMID 14715230.
  5. ^ Klicka, J.; Voelker, G.; Spellman, G.M. (2005). "A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the "true thrushes" (Aves: Turdinae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 34 (3): 486–500. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.10.001. PMID 15683924.
  6. ^ Sangster, G.; Alström, P.; Forsmark, E.; Olsson, U. (2010). "Multi-locus phylogenetic analysis of Old World chats and flycatchers reveals extensive paraphyly at family, subfamily and genus level (Aves: Muscicapidae)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57 (1): 380–392. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.008. PMID 20656044. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
  7. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2016). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". World Bird List Version 6.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
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