Chestnut-eared Laughingthrush

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

SCI Name:  Ianthocincla konkakinhensis
Protonym:  Garrulax konkakinhensis Bull.Br.Orn.Club 121 p.10-21 pl.1
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae / Ianthocincla
Taxonomy Code:  chelau1
Type Locality:  
Author:  Eames, JC & Eames, C
Publish Year:  2001
IUCN Status:  Vulnerable

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.

konkakinhensis / konkakhinensis
Mt. Kon Ka Kinh, Gia Lai Province, Vietnam.