Blue-crowned Laughingthrush

SCI Name:  Ianthocincla courtoisi
Protonym:  Garrulax Courtoisi Bull.Mus.Nat.Hist.Nat.Paris 29 (4) p. 287
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae / Ianthocincla
Taxonomy Code:  buclau1
Type Locality:  Wuyuan, northeastern Kiangsi.
Author:  Menegaux
Publish Year:  1923
IUCN Status:  Critically Endangered

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.

courtoisi
Revd. Père Frédéric Courtois (1860-1928) French missionary to China 1901-1928, Curator of Sikawei Mus., naturalist (syn. Cisticola exilis tinnabulans, Garrulax, subsp. Geokichla citrina).

SUBSPECIES

Blue-crowned Laughingthrush (courtoisi)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla courtoisi courtoisi
courtoisi
Revd. Père Frédéric Courtois (1860-1928) French missionary to China 1901-1928, Curator of Sikawei Mus., naturalist (syn. Cisticola exilis tinnabulans, Garrulax, subsp. Geokichla citrina).

Blue-crowned Laughingthrush (simaoensis)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla courtoisi simaoensis
simaoensis
Simao, southern Yunnan, China.