Giant Babax

SCI Name:  Ianthocincla waddelli
Protonym:  Babax waddelli Proc.Zool.Soc.London Abstract no.81 p.13
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae / Ianthocincla
Taxonomy Code:  giabab1
Type Locality:  near the Chaksam Ferry [lat. 29°15''N., long. 90°32''E.], Tsangpo Valley, Tibet.
Author:  Dresser
Publish Year:  1905
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.

waddelli
● Lt.-Col. Prof. Lawrence Augustine (later Austine) Waddell (1854-1938) Scottish surgeon, Indian Medical service, explorer in Tibet 1904, orientalist (Garrulax, syn. Garrulax pectoralis melanotis).
● Elizabeth Gaston Ralston Peddie Waddell (1865-1929) Scottish aviculturalist (syn. Pachycephala rufiventris).

SUBSPECIES

Giant Babax (lumsdeni)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla waddelli lumsdeni
lumsdeni
Dr Kenneth Lumsden (1908-1995) British radiologist, collector, explorer in Tibet 1936 (syn. Babax waddelli).

Giant Babax (waddelli)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla waddelli waddelli
waddelli
● Lt.-Col. Prof. Lawrence Augustine (later Austine) Waddell (1854-1938) Scottish surgeon, Indian Medical service, explorer in Tibet 1904, orientalist (Garrulax, syn. Garrulax pectoralis melanotis).
● Elizabeth Gaston Ralston Peddie Waddell (1865-1929) Scottish aviculturalist (syn. Pachycephala rufiventris).

Giant Babax (jomo)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla waddelli jomo
jomo
Tibetan name Jomo  lady, for the Giant Babax (subsp. Garrulax waddelli).