Rufous-fronted Laughingthrush

Rufous-fronted Laughingthrush / Garrulax rufifrons

Rufous-fronted Laughingthrush

Here the details of the Rufous-fronted Laughingthrush named bird below:

SCI Name:  Garrulax rufifrons
Protonym:  Garrulax rufifrons TraitedOrn. livr.8 p.648
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae /
Taxonomy Code:  ruflau1
Type Locality:  Java; here restricted to Mount Salak [lat. 6°42''S., long. 106° 44'' E.].
Author:  
Publish Year:  1831
IUCN Status:  

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.

rufifrons
Mod. L. rufifrons, rufifrontis  red-fronted  < L. rufus  red, rufous; frons, frontis  forehead, brow.
● ex “Hirondelle à Front Roux” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 245, fig. 2 (?syn. Hirundo sp.).
● ex “Merle roux de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 644, fig. 1, and “Rufous Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Percnostola).
● ex “Rufous-fronted Flycatcher” of Latham 1801 (Rhipidura).
● ex “Barbu du cap de Bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 688, fig. 1, “Barbu à plastron noir” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Bucco niger var. β” of Latham 1790 (syn. Tricholaema leucomelas).

SUBSPECIES

Rufous-fronted Laughingthrush (rufifrons)
SCI Name: Garrulax rufifrons rufifrons
rufifrons
Mod. L. rufifrons, rufifrontis  red-fronted  < L. rufus  red, rufous; frons, frontis  forehead, brow.
● ex “Hirondelle à Front Roux” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 245, fig. 2 (?syn. Hirundo sp.).
● ex “Merle roux de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 644, fig. 1, and “Rufous Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Percnostola).
● ex “Rufous-fronted Flycatcher” of Latham 1801 (Rhipidura).
● ex “Barbu du cap de Bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 688, fig. 1, “Barbu à plastron noir” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Bucco niger var. β” of Latham 1790 (syn. Tricholaema leucomelas).

Rufous-fronted Laughingthrush (slamatensis)
SCI Name: Garrulax rufifrons slamatensis
slamatensis
Slamat, Java, Dutch East Indies / Gunong Selamat, Indonesia.