Ashambu Laughingthrush / Montecincla meridionalis

Ashambu Laughingthrush / Montecincla meridionalis

Ashambu Laughingthrush

SCI Name:  Montecincla meridionalis
Protonym:  Trochalopterum meridionale J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal Vol. 49, Part 2, N° 3 p. 142-144
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae /
Taxonomy Code:  kerlau3
Type Locality:  southern Kerala ; type specimen from the Tirunelveli boundary, fide Sharpe, 1883, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 7, p. 375.
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Publish Year:  1880
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DEFINITIONS

Montecincla
(syn. Trochalopteron Ϯ Nilgiri Laughingthrush T. cachinnans) L. mons, montis  mountain; Mod. L. cinclus  thrush  < Gr. κιγκλος kinklos  small unidentified waterside bird; "Montecincla genus novum.  ... Type species: C. [= Crateropus] cachinnaus [sic] Jerdon, 1839  ... We chose this appropriate moniker because the genus is confined to the higher mountains of the Western Ghats" (Robin et al. 2017).

meridionale / meridionalis
L. meridionalis  southern  < meridies  south.
● Cayenne; ex “Rufous-headed Falcon” of Latham 1787 (Heterospizias).
● South Island, New Zealand; ex “Southern brown Parrot” of Latham 1781 (Nestor).
● Erroneous TL. Bahamas (= Trinidad) (syn. Trogon violaceus).