Mixornis is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae.

A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2012 found that Macronus was not monophyletic.

To create monophyletic genera Macronus was split and some species moved to the resurrected genus Mixornis.

[2][3] Mixornis had been introduced in 1842 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth to accommodate the taxon Timalia chloris.

This is a junior synonym of Macronous gularis rubicapillus which had been described in 1833 by Samuel Tickell.