Palani Laughingthrush / Montecincla fairbanki
WBN 
Palani Laughingthrush
SCI Name:
Protonym: Trochalopteron Fairbanki J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal Vol. 38, Part 2, N° 3 p. 175-177, pl. XVIIa
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae / Montecincla
Taxonomy Code: kerlau2
Type Locality: Palni Hills, southern India.
Author: Blanford
Publish Year: 1869
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
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).
fairbanki
Revd. Samuel Bacon Fairbank (1822-1898) US missionary to India 1846-1898 (Trochalopteron).
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)
