Gray-sided Laughingthrush
Gray-sided Laughingthrush
Here the details of the Gray-sided Laughingthrush named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Cinc[losoma]. Caerulatus As.Res. 19 p.147
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae / Ianthocincla
Taxonomy Code: gyslau
Type Locality: Nepal.
Author: Hodgson
Publish Year: 1836
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.
caerulata / caerulatum / caerulatus
L. caerulatus (poetic form of caeruleatus) dark-blue < caeruleus blue.
SUBSPECIES
Gray-sided Laughingthrush (caerulata)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla caerulata caerulata
caerulata / caerulatum / caerulatus
L. caerulatus (poetic form of caeruleatus) dark-blue < caeruleus blue.
Gray-sided Laughingthrush (subcaerulata)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla caerulata subcaerulata
Gray-sided Laughingthrush (livingstoni)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla caerulata livingstoni
livingstonei / livingstoni / livingstonii
● C. Carey Livingston (fl. 1940) US ornithologist at Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (subsp. Chlorospingus semifuscus).
● Dr David Livingstone (1813–1873) Scottish missionary to tropical Africa, anti-slaver, explorer (Erythrocercus, subsp. Oenanthe pileata).
● Gerald Moncrieffe Livingston (1883-1950) US sportsman, father-in-law of ornithologist S. Dillon Ripley (subsp. Garrulax caerulatus).
● Revd. Charles Livingstone (1821-1873) Scottish missionary, explorer (secretary to his brother David on the Zambezi Expedition 1858-1863), British Consul to Fernando Póo, Benin, Biafra and the Niger 1864-1873 (Tauraco).
Gray-sided Laughingthrush (kaurensis)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla caerulata kaurensis
kaurensis / kauriensis
Kauri, Kachin, Burma / Myanmar.
Gray-sided Laughingthrush (latifrons)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla caerulata latifrons
latifrons
L. latus broad, wide; frons, frontis brow, forehead.
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)