Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush

SCI Name:  Ianthocincla rufogularis
Protonym:  Ianthocincla rufogularis Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt3 no.27 p.48
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae / Ianthocincla
Taxonomy Code:  ruclau1
Type Locality:  Himalayas ; restricted to Sikkim, by Baker, 1920, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, 27, p. 241.
Author:  Gould
Publish Year:  1835
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.

rufogulare / rufogularis
L. rufus red; Mod. L. gularis throated < L. gula throat.

SUBSPECIES

Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush (occidentalis)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla rufogularis occidentalis
occidentale / occidentalis
L. occidentalis  western  < occidens, occidentis  west  < occidere  to set. This toponym was frequently given to taxa discovered in locations west of previously known populations.
● Cocal, Western Andes, Colombia (Dysithamnus).
● Jamaica; ex “Onocrotalus” or “Pelecanus fuscus” of Sloane 1725, “Pelican of America” of Edwards 1747, and “Pelecanus” of Browne 1756 (Pelecanus).
● TL. Day Dawn, Western Australia; "Westralian Wedgebill" (Mathews 1912) (Psophodes).

Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush (grosvenori)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla rufogularis grosvenori
grosvenori
Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (1875-1966) US philanthropist, President of the National Geographic Society 1920-1954 (subsp. Ianthocincla rufogularis, Megalurulus).

Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush (rufogularis)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla rufogularis rufogularis
rufogulare / rufogularis
L. rufus red; Mod. L. gularis throated < L. gula throat.

Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush (assamensis)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla rufogularis assamensis
assamense / assamensis / assami / assamica / assamicus
Assam, India (from Mughal name Asham for the region).

Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush (rufitincta)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla rufogularis rufitincta
rufitincta / rufitinctus
L. rufus rufous; tinctus dyed, coloured < tingere to dye.

Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush (rufiberbis)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla rufogularis rufiberbis
rufiberbis
L. rufus rufous; berbex, berbicis mutton-head (term of abuse).

Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush (intensior)
SCI Name: Ianthocincla rufogularis intensior
intensior
L. intensior, intensioris  more intense  < comp. intensus  intense  <  intendere  to strain.