Chinese Babax
Chinese Babax
Here the details of the Chinese Babax named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pterorhinus lanceolatus Nouv.Arch.Mus.Hist.Nat.Bull. 6 p.36
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae / Ianthocincla
Taxonomy Code: chibab2
Type Locality: 'les montagnes du Thibet chinois'' ; type specimen from Muping [= Paohing] , Hsikang, fide Oustalet, 1893, ibid., ser. 3, 5, p. 193.
Author: Verreaux, J
Publish Year: 1871
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.
lanceolata / lanceolatus
L. lanceolatus lanceolate, spear-shaped < lancea lance (see, e.g., Plectorhyncha).
SUBSPECIES
Chinese Babax (bonvaloti)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla lanceolata bonvaloti
bonvaloti
Pierre Gabriel Édouard Bonvalot (1853-1933) French explorer, collector in Central Asia 1880-1890 (Aegithalos, subsp. Garrulax lanceolatus, syn. Trochalopteron elliotii).
Chinese Babax (lanceolata)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla lanceolata lanceolata
lanceolata / lanceolatus
L. lanceolatus lanceolate, spear-shaped < lancea lance (see, e.g., Plectorhyncha).
Chinese Babax (latouchei)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla lanceolata latouchei
latouchei
John David Digues La Touche (1861-1935) Irish ornithologist, in Imperial Maritime Customs Service, China 1882-1921 (syn. Cygnus cygnus, subsp. Garrulax lanceolatus, syn. Monticola solitarius philippensis, subsp. Phylloscopus valentini, subsp. Pycnonotus aurigaster, subsp. Tephrodornis virgatus).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)