Nilgiri Laughingthrush

Nilgiri Laughingthrush / Montecincla cachinnans

Nilgiri Laughingthrush

Here the details of the Nilgiri Laughingthrush named bird below:

SCI Name:  Montecincla cachinnans
Protonym:  C[rateropus]. cachinnans MadrasJ.Lit.Sci. 10 p.255 pl.7
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae /
Taxonomy Code:  bkclau2
Type Locality:  Nilgiri Hills.
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Publish Year:  1839
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

Montecincla
(syn. Trochalopteron Ϯ Nilgiri Laughingthrush T. cachinnans) L. mons, montis  mountain; Mod. L. cinclus  thrush  < Gr. κιγκλος kinklos  small unidentified waterside bird; "Montecincla genus novum.  ... Type species: C. [= Crateropus] cachinnaus [sic] Jerdon, 1839  ... We chose this appropriate moniker because the genus is confined to the higher mountains of the Western Ghats" (Robin et al. 2017).

cachinnans
L. cachinnans, cachinnantis  laughing  < cachinnare  to laugh aloud.
● "41. FALCO.  ...  cachinnans.  17. F. cera pedibus luteis, palpebris albis, corpore fusco albidoque vario, annulo nigro verticem album cingente. RolanderHabitat in America meridionali.  Corpus supra Dorsum, Alas, uropygium fuscum; sed Alba sunt collum, gula, pectus, abdomen, alæ subtus. Cauda fasciis luteis nigrisqueHominem observans cachinnos edit." (Linnaeus 1758) (Herpetotheres).