Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush

SCI Name:  Ianthocincla mitrata
Protonym:  Timalia mitrata Tijdschr.Nat.Gesch.Phys. 2(1835) p.345 pl.V[=IX] fig.3
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae / Ianthocincla
Taxonomy Code:  chclau3
Type Locality:  Sumatra.
Author:  Müller, S
Publish Year:  1836
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.

mitrata / mitratus
L. mitratus  crowned, mitred, turbanned  < mitra  head-dress  < Gr. μιτρα mitra  head-band.
● ex “Hooded Titmouse” of Catesby 1731, “Parus carolinensis torquatus” of Brisson 1760, “Gobe-mouche de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 666, fig. 2, “Mésange à collier de la Caroline” of de Buffon 1770-1783, “Gobe-mouche citrin de la Louisiane” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Hooded Warbler” of Latham 1783 and Pennant 1785 (syn. Cardellina citrina).
● ex “Tangara à tête rousse de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 290, fig. 1 (syn. Tangara cayana).

SUBSPECIES

Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush (major)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla mitrata major
major
L. maior, maioris  greater, larger  < comp. magnus  great, large, powerful.
● ex “Poule d’eau de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 352; “Even if [Statius Müller, 1776] ...should some day be repudiated by ornithologists on account of his carelessness and his apparent colour-blindness, then the proper name of the species would be Aramides major (Boddaert), founded on Daubenton’s plate” (Sharpe 1894) (syn. Aramides cajanea).
● ex “Grand Corbeau” of Levaillant 1800, pl. 51 (unident.;?Corvus sp.).
● ex “Crotophagus major” of Brisson 1760, “Grand bout de Petun” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 102, fig. 1, “Ani des palétuviers” of Salerne 1767, and “Greater Ani” of Latham 1781 (Crotophaga).
● 54. PICUS.  ...  major.  10. P. albo nigroque varius, ano occipiteque rubro.  Picus albo nigroque varius, rectricibus tribus lateralibus utrinque albescentibus. Fn. svec. 81.  Picus varius major. Ges. av. 708. Aldr. ornith. l. 12. c. 32. Will. orn. 94. t. 21. Raj. av. 43. Alb. av. I. p. 19. t. 19. Frisch. av. . . t. 36. f. 1.  Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Dendrocopos).
● ex “Grande Egrette d’Amérique” of d’Aubenton, 1765-1781, pl. 925 (syn. Egretta garzetta).
● ex “Scolopax media” of Frisch 1733-1763, “Great Snipe” of Pennant 1768, and Latham 1785 (syn. Gallinago media).
● ex “Grand Indicateur, mâle” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 241, fig. 1 (syn. Indicator indicator).
● ex “Pie-grièche Blanchot” of Levaillant 1810, pl. 285 (syn. Malaconotus blanchoti).
● ex “An other sort of Loggerhead” of Sloane 1707-1725, “Sitta” or “Picus cinereus major, rostro curvo” of Ray 1713, “Grand Sittelle à bec crochu” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Great Nuthatch” of Latham 1781 (?syn. Myiarchus validus).
● ex “Parus major” of Gessner 1555, Belon 1555, Aldrovandus 1599, and Willughby 1676, “Fringillago”, “Great Titmouse” or “Ox Eye” of Ray 1713, and Albin 1731, and “Parus capite nigro, temporibus albis, nucha luteis” of Linnaeus 1746 (Parus).
● ex “Grèbe de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 404, fig. 1, and “Grand Grèbe” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (Podiceps).
● ex “Barbican des côtes de Barbarie” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 602 (syn. Pogonornis dubius).
● ex “Grande Quiscale” of Vieillot 1819 (Quiscalus).
● ex “Tangara des grands bois de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 205 (syn. Saltator maximus).
● ex “Batara mayor” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 211 (Taraba).
● ex “Macucagua” of Marcgrave 1648, Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713, “Perdix brasiliensis” of Brisson 1760, and “Magoua” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Tinamus).
● ex “Trepadore grande” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 241 (Xiphocolaptes).

Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush (mitrata)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla mitrata mitrata
mitrata / mitratus
L. mitratus  crowned, mitred, turbanned  < mitra  head-dress  < Gr. μιτρα mitra  head-band.
● ex “Hooded Titmouse” of Catesby 1731, “Parus carolinensis torquatus” of Brisson 1760, “Gobe-mouche de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 666, fig. 2, “Mésange à collier de la Caroline” of de Buffon 1770-1783, “Gobe-mouche citrin de la Louisiane” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Hooded Warbler” of Latham 1783 and Pennant 1785 (syn. Cardellina citrina).
● ex “Tangara à tête rousse de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 290, fig. 1 (syn. Tangara cayana).