Biology:White-speckled laughingthrush

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Short description: Species of bird

White-speckled laughingthrush
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Ianthocincla
Species:
I. bieti
Binomial name
Ianthocincla bieti
Oustalet, 1897
Synonyms

Garrulax bieti

The white-speckled laughingthrush (Ianthocincla bieti) is a species of passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is endemic to China. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The white-speckled laughingthrush was at one time placed in the genus Garrulax but following the publication of a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, it was moved to the resurrected genus Ianthocincla.[1][2] The specific name commemorates the French missionary to China Félix Biet.[3]

References

  1. Cibois, A.; Gelang, M.; Alström, P.; Pasquet, E.; Fjeldså, J.; Ericson, P.G.P.; Olsson, U. (2018). "Comprehensive phylogeny of the laughingthrushes and allies (Aves, Leiothrichidae) and a proposal for a revised taxonomy". Zoologica Scripta 47 (4): 428–440. doi:10.1111/zsc.12296. 
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2019). "Laughingthrushes and allies". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/laughingthrushes/. 
  3. Jobling, J.A. (2018). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". in del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. et al.. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. https://www.hbw.com/dictionary/definition/bieti. 

Wikidata ☰ Q798930 entry