Chestnut-tailed Minla

SCI Name:  Actinodura strigula
Protonym:  [Mesia] Siva Strigula Ind.Rev. 2 p.89
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae / Actinodura
Taxonomy Code:  chtmin1
Type Locality:  Nepal.
Author:  Hodgson
Publish Year:  1837
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ACTINODURA
(Leiothrichidae; Ϯ Rusty-fronted Barwing A. egertoni) Gr. ακτινωδης aktinōdēs  like rays  < ακτις aktis, ακτινος aktinos  ray, beam; ουρα oura  tail (cf. "However, an alternative proposition is provided by Jobling (1991) who claims that Actinodura is derived from the Greek nouns aktis (feminine) or aktinos (masculine) meaning brightness or splendour and odouros (masculine) meaning a watcher or guardian" (Eames et al. 1999)); "ACTINODURA.  Rostrum subcompressum, subarcuatum, ad apicem subemarginatum.  Nares basales, lineares, operculo magno tectæ.  Alæ molles, breviusculæ, concavæ: remige 1ma brevissima 4ta 5taque longioribus.  Cauda mollis, elongata, gradata.  Tarsi elongati.  Pedes majusculi: halluce ungueque postico longiusculis.  Ptilosis mollis, laxa.   The wings and tail in the birds of this group are transversely barred. The typical species are crested.    ACTINODURA EGERTONI.  ...   Hab. In Nepalia.  The specimen described was presented to the Society by Sir P. Grey Egerton, Bart., M.P." (Gould 1836); "Actinodura Gould, 1836, Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 17.  Type, by original designation, Actinodura Egertoni Gould." (Ripley, 1961, Synopsis Birds India Pakistan, p. 402).
Var. Actinura.   
Synon. Alcopus, Hemipteron, Ixops, Leiocincla.

strigula
L. stria  furrow; gula  throat (cf. strigula  striation  < strigilis  scraper  < stringere  to strip off).

SUBSPECIES

Chestnut-tailed Minla (simlaensis)
SCI Name: Actinodura strigula simlaensis
simlae / simlaensis
Simla (= Shimla), a famous hill-station of Himachal Pradesh, India.

Chestnut-tailed Minla (strigula)
SCI Name: Actinodura strigula strigula
strigula
L. stria  furrow; gula  throat (cf. strigula  striation  < strigilis  scraper  < stringere  to strip off).

Chestnut-tailed Minla (cinereigenae)
SCI Name: Actinodura strigula cinereigenae
cinereigenae
L. cinereus  ash-coloured  < cinis, cineris  ashes; gena, genae  cheeks.

Chestnut-tailed Minla (yunnanensis)
SCI Name: Actinodura strigula yunnanensis
yunnanense / yunnanensis
Yunnan Province, China.

Chestnut-tailed Minla (castanicauda)
SCI Name: Actinodura strigula castanicauda
castanicauda
L. castaneus  chestnut-coloured  < castanea  chestnut  < Gr. καστανον kastanon  chestnut; cauda  tail.

Chestnut-tailed Minla (traii)
SCI Name: Actinodura strigula traii
traii
Le Trong Trai (fl. 2002) Vietnamese ornithologist, collector (subsp. Chrysominla strigula).

Chestnut-tailed Minla (malayana)
SCI Name: Actinodura strigula malayana
malaya / malayana / malayanus / malayensis
Malaya  < Malay Melayu  Malays  < Melaka  Malacca (a powerful mediaeval sultanate). In ornithology the name can refer either to the Malay Peninsula or the Malay Archipelago (also known as the Indian Archipelago, Malaysia or the East Indies).