see text Melanocichla is a genus of birds in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae.

The genus Melanocichla was introduced in 1883 by the English ornithologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe to accommodate a single species, the black laughingthrush, which is therefore the type species of the genus.

[1][2] The name combines the Ancient Greek melas meaning "black" with kikhlkikhlē meaning "thrush".

[3] The genus contains the following species:[4] This Timaliidae-related article is a stub.

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