Chestnut-backed Laughingthrush / Ianthocincla nuchalis
WBN 
Chestnut-backed Laughingthrush
SCI Name:
Protonym: Garrulax nuchalis Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(4), 18 p.411
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae / Ianthocincla
Taxonomy Code: chblau1
Type Locality: Lhota, Naga Hills, Assam.
Author: Godwin-Austen
Publish Year: 1876
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.
nuchale / nuchalis
Mod. L. nuchalis of the nape, nuchal < Med. L. nuchus nape < Arabic nukhā' spinal marrow.
● ex “Perruche à face rouge” of Levaillant 1801-1805 (syn. Glossopsitta pusilla).
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)
