Gray-sided Laughingthrush

SCI Name:  Ianthocincla caerulata
Protonym:  Cinc[losoma]. Caerulatus As.Res. 19 p.147
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae / Ianthocincla
Taxonomy Code:  gyslau
Type Locality:  Nepal.
Author:  Hodgson
Publish Year:  1836
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.

caerulata / caerulatum / caerulatus
L. caerulatus (poetic form of caeruleatus)  dark-blue  < caeruleus  blue.

SUBSPECIES

Gray-sided Laughingthrush (caerulata)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla caerulata caerulata
caerulata / caerulatum / caerulatus
L. caerulatus (poetic form of caeruleatus)  dark-blue  < caeruleus  blue.

Gray-sided Laughingthrush (subcaerulata)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla caerulata subcaerulata

Gray-sided Laughingthrush (livingstoni)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla caerulata livingstoni
livingstonei / livingstoni / livingstonii
● C. Carey Livingston (fl. 1940) US ornithologist at Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (subsp. Chlorospingus semifuscus).
● Dr David Livingstone (1813–1873) Scottish missionary to tropical Africa, anti-slaver, explorer (Erythrocercus, subsp. Oenanthe pileata).
● Gerald Moncrieffe Livingston (1883-1950) US sportsman, father-in-law of ornithologist S. Dillon Ripley (subsp. Garrulax caerulatus).
● Revd. Charles Livingstone (1821-1873) Scottish missionary, explorer (secretary to his brother David on the Zambezi Expedition 1858-1863), British Consul to Fernando Póo, Benin, Biafra and the Niger 1864-1873 (Tauraco).

Gray-sided Laughingthrush (kaurensis)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla caerulata kaurensis
kaurensis / kauriensis
Kauri, Kachin, Burma / Myanmar.

Gray-sided Laughingthrush (latifrons)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla caerulata latifrons
latifrons
L. latus  broad, wide; frons, frontis  brow, forehead.