Nilgiri Laughingthrush / Montecincla cachinnans
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Nilgiri Laughingthrush
SCI Name:
Protonym: C[rateropus]. cachinnans MadrasJ.Lit.Sci. 10 p.255 pl.7
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae / Montecincla
Taxonomy Code: bkclau2
Type Locality: Nilgiri Hills.
Author: Jerdon
Publish Year: 1839
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
Montecincla
(syn. Trochalopteron Ϯ Nilgiri Laughingthrush T. cachinnans) L. mons, montis mountain; Mod. L. cinclus thrush < Gr. κιγκλος kinklos small unidentified waterside bird; "Montecincla genus novum. ... Type species: C. [= Crateropus] cachinnaus [sic] Jerdon, 1839 ... We chose this appropriate moniker because the genus is confined to the higher mountains of the Western Ghats" (Robin et al. 2017).
cachinnans
L. cachinnans, cachinnantis laughing < cachinnare to laugh aloud.
● "41. FALCO. ... cachinnans. 17. F. cera pedibus luteis, palpebris albis, corpore fusco albidoque vario, annulo nigro verticem album cingente. Rolander. Habitat in America meridionali. Corpus supra Dorsum, Alas, uropygium fuscum; sed Alba sunt collum, gula, pectus, abdomen, alæ subtus. Cauda fasciis luteis nigrisque. Hominem observans cachinnos edit." (Linnaeus 1758) (Herpetotheres).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
