Wayanad Laughingthrush

Here the details of the Wayanad Laughingthrush named bird below:

SCI Name:  Ianthocincla delesserti
Protonym:  C[rateropus]. Delesserti MadrasJ.Lit.Sci. 10 p.256
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae / Ianthocincla
Taxonomy Code:  wynlau1
Type Locality:  Kotagiri, Nilgiri Hills.
Author:  Jerdon
Publish Year:  1839
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

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.

delesserti
Adolphe Delessert (1809-1869) French naturalist, collector in India, Malaysia, the East Indies, and Mascarenes 1834-1839 (syn. Chrysocolaptes lucidus guttacristatus, Garrulax, syn. Trochalopteron cachinnans).