Garrulax Castanotis Bird

English Name:  Rufous-cheeked Laughingthrush
Latin Name:  Garrulax castanotis
Protonym:  Dryonastes castanotis Ibis (7) 5 (20) p. 584
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae / Garrulax
Taxonomy Code:  ruclau3
Type Locality:  Five-finger Mountains, Hainan.
Author:  Ogilvie-Grant
Publish Year:  1899
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.

castanotis
Gr. καστανον kastanon  chestnut; -ωτις -ōtis  -eared  < ους ous, ωτος ōtos  ear.

SUBSPECIES

Rufous-cheeked Laughingthrush (varennei)
Latin Name: Garrulax castanotis varennei
varennei
Alexandre Claude Varenne (1870-1947) French socialist, journalist, Gov.-Gen. of Indochina 1925-1928 (subsp. Garrulax castanotis).

Rufous-cheeked Laughingthrush (castanotis)
Latin Name: Garrulax castanotis castanotis
castanotis
Gr. καστανον kastanon  chestnut; -ωτις -ōtis  -eared  < ους ous, ωτος ōtos  ear.