White-crested Laughingthrush

SCI Name:  Garrulax leucolophus
Protonym:  Corvus leucolophus Trans.Linn.Soc.London(1), 11 p.207 pl.15
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae / Garrulax
Taxonomy Code:  whclau2
Type Locality:  mountains above Hardwar, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
Author:  Hardwicke
Publish Year:  1816
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

GARRULAX
(Leiotrichidae; † White-crested Laughingthrush G. leucolophus belangeri) Genus Garrulus Brisson, 1760, jay; L. -ax  inclining towards (cf. L. garrulus  babbling  <  garrire  to babble); from their noisy behavious the laughingthrushes were formerly known as jay-thrushes; "CII.e Le genre GARRULAXE; Garrulax, Lesson.   ...   Observ. Ce genre est très-distinct des geais et des merles, avec lesquels on a voulu associer les espèces qui le composent, et qui vivent dans l'Inde.  Ce sont:  1.º Le GARRULAXE DE BÉLANGER; Garrulax Belangeri, Less., Zool. du Voy. aux Indes orientales, pl. 4   ...   Cet oiseau est nommé weraôu par les habitans du Pégu, sa patrie.   2.º Le GARRULAXE A FRONT ROUX; Garrulax rufifrons, Less., Zool. du Voy. de Bélanger, pl. 5.   ...   De Java.   3.º Le GARRULAXE AZUR; Garrulax azureus. Less.   ...   Habite le Pégu." (Lesson 1831); "Garrulax Lesson, 1831 (June), Traité d'Orn.: 647.  Type, by subsequent designation, Gray, 1846, Garrulax Belangeri Lesson, but nomen nudum, type hereby designated, Garrulax rufifrons Lesson." (Ripley, 1961, Synopsis Birds India Pakistan, p. 380); "GARRULAX Lesson, 1831  M— Garrulax belangeri Lesson, 1831; type by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds, p. 44)." (Dickinson and Christidis (eds.), H. & M. Complete Checklist, 4th ed., 2014, 2 (Passerines), p. 541).
Synon. Allocotops, Babax, Dryonastes, Garrulaxis, Ianthocincla, Kaznakowia, Leucodioptron, Melanocichla, Pterorhinus, Rhinocichla, Stactocichla.

leucolopha / leucolophos / leucolophus
Gr. λευκολοφος leukolophos  white-crested  < λευκος leukos  white; λοφος lophos  crest.
● ex Crax cumanensis von Jacquin, 1784, and “Yacou” of Bajon 1777 (syn. Pipile cumanensis).

SUBSPECIES

White-crested Laughingthrush (leucolophus)
SCI Name: Garrulax leucolophus leucolophus
leucolopha / leucolophos / leucolophus
Gr. λευκολοφος leukolophos  white-crested  < λευκος leukos  white; λοφος lophos  crest.
● ex Crax cumanensis von Jacquin, 1784, and “Yacou” of Bajon 1777 (syn. Pipile cumanensis).

White-crested Laughingthrush (patkaicus)
SCI Name: Garrulax leucolophus patkaicus
patkaicus
Patkai Range, north-western Burma.

White-crested Laughingthrush (belangeri)
SCI Name: Garrulax leucolophus belangeri
belangeri
Charles Paulus Bélanger (1805-1881) French botanist, collector in India 1825-1829, established botanical garden at Pondichéry, Director of Zoological Gardens in Martinique (subsp. Garrulax leucolophus).

White-crested Laughingthrush (diardi)
SCI Name: Garrulax leucolophus diardi
diardi
Pierre Médard Diard (1795-1863) French zoologist, collector in the Dutch East Indies 1819-?1863 (subsp. Alophoixus phaeocephalus, subsp. Garrulax leucolophus, Lophura, Phaenicophaeus, syn. Phasianus versicolor).