White-throated Laughingthrush

SCI Name:  Ianthocincla albogularis
Protonym:  Ianthocincla albogularis Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1835) (1835), Pt3 no.36 p.187
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae / Ianthocincla
Taxonomy Code:  whtlau1
Type Locality:  Nepal.
Author:  Gould
Publish Year:  1836
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

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.

albogulare / albogularis
L. albus  white; Mod. L. gularis  throated, of the throat  < L. gula  throat.

SUBSPECIES

White-throated Laughingthrush (whistleri)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla albogularis whistleri
whistleri
Hugh Whistler (1889-1943) Indian Police in the Punjab 1909-1932, naturalist, collector (subsp. Anthus pratensis, subsp. Cettia brunnifrons, subsp. Garrulax albogularis, syn. Leptocoma zeylonica flaviventris, subsp. Niltava sundara, subsp. Periparus rubidiventris, Phylloscopus, subsp. Pycnonotus jocosus, syn. Sitta himalayensis, subsp. Tarsiger chrysaeus).

White-throated Laughingthrush (albogularis)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla albogularis albogularis
albogulare / albogularis
L. albus  white; Mod. L. gularis  throated, of the throat  < L. gula  throat.

White-throated Laughingthrush (eoa)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla albogularis eoa
eoa
Gr. εωος eōos  eastern  < εω eō  dawn.