Chestnut-eared Laughingthrush / Ianthocincla konkakinhensis
WBN 
Chestnut-eared Laughingthrush
SCI Name:
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.
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)
