Ianthocincla Maxima Bird

English Name:  Giant Laughingthrush
Latin Name:  Ianthocincla maxima
Protonym:  Pterorhinus maximus Nouv.Arch.Mus.Hist.Nat.Bull. 6 p.36 pl.3 fig.1
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae / Ianthocincla
Taxonomy Code:  gialau1
Type Locality:  'les montagnes du Thibet chinois'' ; types from Muping [= Paohing] , Hsikang, fide Verreaux, 1871.
Author:  Verreaux, J
Publish Year:  1871
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.

maxima / maximi
L. maximus greatest < super. magnus great.