Chinese Babax

SCI Name:  Ianthocincla lanceolata
Protonym:  Pterorhinus lanceolatus Nouv.Arch.Mus.Hist.Nat.Bull. 6 p.36
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae / Ianthocincla
Taxonomy Code:  chibab2
Type Locality:  'les montagnes du Thibet chinois'' ; type specimen from Muping [= Paohing] , Hsikang, fide Oustalet, 1893, ibid., ser. 3, 5, p. 193.
Author:  Verreaux, J
Publish Year:  1871
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.

lanceolata / lanceolatus
L. lanceolatus  lanceolate, spear-shaped  < lancea  lance (see, e.g., Plectorhyncha).

SUBSPECIES

Chinese Babax (bonvaloti)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla lanceolata bonvaloti
bonvaloti
Pierre Gabriel Édouard Bonvalot (1853-1933) French explorer, collector in Central Asia 1880-1890 (Aegithalos, subsp. Garrulax lanceolatus, syn. Trochalopteron elliotii).

Chinese Babax (lanceolata)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla lanceolata lanceolata
lanceolata / lanceolatus
L. lanceolatus  lanceolate, spear-shaped  < lancea  lance (see, e.g., Plectorhyncha).

Chinese Babax (latouchei)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla lanceolata latouchei
latouchei
John David Digues La Touche (1861-1935) Irish ornithologist, in Imperial Maritime Customs Service, China 1882-1921 (syn. Cygnus cygnus, subsp. Garrulax lanceolatus, syn. Monticola solitarius philippensis, subsp. Phylloscopus valentini, subsp. Pycnonotus aurigaster, subsp. Tephrodornis virgatus).