Ianthocincla is a genus of passerine birds in the family Leiothrichidae.
Taxonomy The genus Ianthocincla was erected by English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould in 1835 with the spotted laughingthrush as the type species. The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek ionthos "young hair" or "down" with the Neo-Latin cinclus "thrush". 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.
Species The genus contains following eight species: Image Common name Scientific name Distribution Spotted laughingthrush Ianthocincla ocellata Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Giant laughingthrush Ianthocincla maxima central China and far northern India and Myanmar. Barred laughingthrush Ianthocincla lunulatacentral China White-speckled laughingthrush Ianthocincla bieti China Snowy-cheeked laughingthrush Ianthocincla sukatschewi northern China Moustached laughingthrush Ianthocincla cineraceaChina, India, and Myanmar Rufous-chinned laughingthrush Ianthocincla rufogularis Sikkim in northeast India Chestnut-eared laughingthrush Ianthocincla konkakinhensis Vietnam
References
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.