Spizixos is a genus of passerine birds in the bulbul family Pycnonotidae.
Taxonomy The genus Spizixos was introduced in 1845 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth to accommodate the crested finchbill. The word Spizixos combines the Ancient Greek spiza meaning "finch" with the genus name Ixos that was introduced by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1825.
The genus contains the following two species: Image Common name Scientific name Distribution Crested finchbill Spizixos canifrons Southeastern Asia from China and India to Indochina. Collared finchbill Spizixos semitorques China, Taiwan, Japan and Vietnam.
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