Ianthocincla

Ianthocincla is a genus of passerine birds in the family Leiothrichidae.

Ianthocincla
Giant laughingthrush, (Ianthocincla maxima)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Leiothrichidae
Genus:	Ianthocincla Gould, 1835
Type species
Cinclosoma ocellatum Vigors, 1831
Species
See text

Taxonomy

The genus Ianthocincla was erected by English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould in 1835 with the spotted laughingthrush as the type species.[1][2] The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek ionthos "young hair" or "down" with the New Latin cinclus "thrush".[3] The species now placed in the genus were previously assigned to Garrulax but following the publication of a molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, Garrulax was split up and some of the species were moved to the resurrected genus Ianthocincla.[4][5]

Species

The genus contains eight species:[5]

• Spotted laughingthrush, Ianthocincla ocellata
• Giant laughingthrush, Ianthocincla maxima
• Barred laughingthrush, Ianthocincla lunulata
• White-speckled laughingthrush, Ianthocincla bieti
• Snowy-cheeked laughingthrush, Ianthocincla sukatschewi
• Moustached laughingthrush, Ianthocincla cineracea
• Rufous-chinned laughingthrush, Ianthocincla rufogularis
• Chestnut-eared laughingthrush, Ianthocincla konkakinhensis

References

1. Gould, John (1835). "Specimens were exhibited of numerous thrushes". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Part 3: 47–48.
2. Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds. (1964). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 348.
3. Jobling, J.A. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
4. Cibois, A.; Gelang, M.; Alström, P.; Pasquet, E.; Fjeldså, J.; Ericson, P.G.P.; Olsson, U. (2018). "Comprehensive phylogeny of the laughingthrushes and allies (Aves, Leiothrichidae) and a proposal for a revised taxonomy". Zoologica Scripta. 47 (4): 428–440. doi:10.1111/zsc.12296.
5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Laughingthrushes and allies". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 17 January 2019.

• Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.