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Trochalopteron
''Trochalopteron'' is a genus of passerine birds in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae. Taxonomy The genus ''Trochalopteron'' was introduced in 1843 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth. The name combines the Ancient Greek ''trokhalos'' meaning "round" or "bowed" with ''pteron'' meaning "wing". The type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specime ... was designated in 1930 by E. C. Stuart Baker as the scaly laughingthrush. Species The genus contains the following 19 species: Former species Two species that were formerly included in this genus have been moved to '' Montecincla'' based on phylogenetic studies that showed them to be more distantly related to the ''Trochalopteron'' clade than to a clade formed by species in the genera ''Leiothrix'', ''Actinodura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red-tailed Laughingthrush
The red-tailed laughingthrush (''Trochalopteron milnei'') is a species of bird in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae. It is found in the montane forests of Myanmar, Laos, southern China and central Vietnam Taxonomy The red-tailed laughingthrush was species description, formally described in 1874 by the French Catholic Church, Catholic priest and naturalist Armand David under the current binomial name ''Trochalopteron milnei''. He had discovered the species in west Fujian province, China. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ''trokhalos'' meaning "round" or "bowed" with ''pteron'' meaning "wing". The specific epithet ''milnei'' was chosen to honour the French zoologist Alphonse Milne-Edwards. Four subspecies are recognised: * ''T. m. sharpei'' Robert H. F. Rippon, Rippon, 1901 – north Myanmar and south China to northwest Thailand and north Indochina * ''T. m. vitryi'' (Jean Théodore Delacour, Delacour, 1932) – south Laos * ''T. m. sinianum'' Erwin Stresemann, Stre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
