White-cheeked Laughingthrush / Ianthocincla vassali
WBN 
White-cheeked Laughingthrush
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Protonym: Dryonastes vassali Bull.Br.Orn.Club 19 p.13
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae / Ianthocincla
Taxonomy Code: whclau1
Type Locality: Bali Region [= Nhatrang Province] , southern Annam.
Author: Ogilvie-Grant
Publish Year: 1906
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.
vassali
Col. Dr Joseph Marguerite Jean Vassal (1867-1957) French surgeon, researcher at Pasteur Institute in Indochina 1904-1914, Director of Health French Equatorial Africa 1922-1924 (Garrulax).
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)
