Chestnut-backed Laughingthrush

Here the details of the Chestnut-backed Laughingthrush named bird below:

SCI Name:  Ianthocincla nuchalis
Protonym:  Garrulax nuchalis Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(4), 18 p.411
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae / Ianthocincla
Taxonomy Code:  chblau1
Type Locality:  Lhota, Naga Hills, Assam.
Author:  Godwin-Austen
Publish Year:  1876
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

DEFINITIONS

Ianthocincla
(syn. Garrulax Ϯ Spotted Laughingthrush G. ocellatus) Gr. ιονθος ionthos  young hair, down; Mod. L. cinclus  thrush  < Gr. κιγκλος kinklos  unidentified small waterside bird; "IANTHOCINCLA  ...  Typus genericus. Cinclosoma ocellatum, Vig.  Montium Himalayæ Incolæ.   The chief distinguishing characteristics of the genus Ianthocincla are the comparative length of the tarsus; the length of the hinder toe, and the great length of the claw by which it is terminated; the roundness, concavity, softness, and yielding character of the wings and tail; and the peculiar fullness, lightness, and downiness of the whole of the plumage, and particularly of that of the back and rump. The downy nature of the covering is alluded to in the generic name." (Gould 1835).   Var. Janthocincla, Xanthocincla, Yantocincla, Zanthocincla.

nuchale / nuchalis
Mod. L. nuchalis  of the nape, nuchal  < Med. L. nuchus  nape  < Arabic nukhā'  spinal marrow.
● ex “Perruche à face rouge” of Levaillant 1801-1805 (syn. Glossopsitta pusilla).