Tibetan Babax

SCI Name:  Ianthocincla koslowi
Protonym:  Kaznakowia koslowi Bull.Acad.Imp.Sci.St.Petersb.(5), 23(1905) p.45
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae / Ianthocincla
Taxonomy Code:  tibbab1
Type Locality:  Bar Chu and Dzer Chu, tributaries of the Mekong near Chamdo, Hsikang.
Author:  Bianchi
Publish Year:  1905
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

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.

koslowi
Gen. Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov (1863-1935) Russian Army, explorer in Central Asia (Emberiza, Garrulax, Prunella, subsp. Tetraogallus himalayensis).
 

SUBSPECIES

Tibetan Babax (yuquensis)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla koslowi yuquensis
yuquensis
Yuqu River (= Yuqu He), Xizang, China.

Tibetan Babax (koslowi)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla koslowi koslowi
koslowi
Gen. Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov (1863-1935) Russian Army, explorer in Central Asia (Emberiza, Garrulax, Prunella, subsp. Tetraogallus himalayensis).