Malacocincla is a genus of passerine birds in the family Pellorneidae.

The type species for this genus is M. abbotti, and a 2012 study shows that members of the genus Malacocincla as defined earlier fall into multiple clades and are therefore polyphyletic.

M. abbotti and M. sepiaria remain within a common clade and could be retained in the genus if generic reassignments occur.

This clade is a sister of the genus Napothera.

M. cinereiceps and M. malaccensis fall into a different clade and are a sister to the genus Trichastoma and nested within several species of Pellorneum.