Montecincla fairbanki [incl. meridionalis] (Kerala Laughingthrush [incl. meridionalis])

Kerala Laughingthrush [incl. meridionalis]

Montecincla fairbanki [incl. meridionalis] (= Montecincla fairbanki) (Blanford, WT 1869)

The Palani laughingthrush is a species of laughingthrush endemic to the hills of the Western Ghats south of the Palghat Gap in Southern India. Found in the high montane forests, this grey bibbed, rufous bellied bird with a prominent dark eyestripe and broad white brow was grouped along with the grey-breasted subspecies of the black-chinned laughingthrush and known as the grey-breasted laughingthrush. This species is found in the Palni Hills while another closely related form, the Ashambu laughingthrush with a shorter white brow is found in the high hills south of the Achankovil Gap and was treated as a subspecies. The two forms were together treated under the name of Kerala laughingthrush. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Leiothrichidae
Genus:
   Montecincla
Scientific:
  Montecincla fairbanki

Original description

Citation:
(Blanford, WT 1869)

Reference:
J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 38, pt.2, no.3 p.175-177, pl. 17a

Protonym:
Trochalopteron Fairbanki

Type locality:
Palni Hills, southern India.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/114440#page/427/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
4B7D1CA53B617D4D

Avibase ID:
avibase-4B7D1CA5

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/4B7D1CA5

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 916109

English:
Kerala Laughingthrush [incl. meridionalis]
French:
Garrulaxe de Fairbank [incl. meridionalis]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Kerala Laughingthrush [incl. meridionalis] ( Montecincla fairbanki [incl. meridionalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Kerala Laughingthrush [incl. meridionalis] ( Montecincla fairbanki [incl. meridionalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Kerala Laughingthrush [incl. meridionalis] ( Montecincla fairbanki [incl. meridionalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Kerala Laughingthrush [incl. meridionalis] ( Montecincla fairbanki [incl. meridionalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Kerala Laughingthrush (incl. ssp. meridionalis) ( Garrulax fairbanki [incl. meridionalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Kerala Laughingthrush (incl. ssp. meridionalis) ( Garrulax fairbanki [incl. meridionalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Kerala Laughingthrush (incl. ssp. meridionalis) ( Trochalopteron fairbanki [incl. meridionalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Kerala Laughingthrush (incl. ssp. meridionalis) ( Trochalopteron fairbanki [incl. meridionalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Kerala Laughingthrush (incl. ssp. meridionalis) ( Trochalopteron fairbanki [incl. meridionalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Kerala Laughingthrush [incl. meridionalis] ( Trochalopteron fairbanki [incl. meridionale])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Kerala Laughingthrush [incl. meridionalis] ( Trochalopteron fairbanki [incl. meridionale])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Kerala Laughingthrush [incl. meridionalis] ( Montecincla fairbanki [incl. meridionalis])
Birdlife checklist version 03: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Strophocincla fairbanki) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 04: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Strophocincla fairbanki) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Kerala Laughingthrush ( Strophocincla fairbanki) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Kerala Laughingthrush ( Strophocincla fairbanki) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Kerala Laughingthrush ( Strophocincla fairbanki) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Kerala Laughingthrush ( Strophocincla fairbanki) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Kerala Laughingthrush ( Strophocincla fairbanki) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Kerala Laughingthrush ( Strophocincla fairbanki) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
Clements, version 2015: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
Clements, version 2016: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
eBird version 1.54: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
eBird version 1.55: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
eBird version 2015: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
eBird version 2016: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Kerala Laughing-thrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Kerala Laughing-thrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Kerala Laughingthrush ( Strophocincla fairbanki) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Kerala Laughingthrush ( Strophocincla fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Garrulax fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Garrulax fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Garrulax fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Garrulax fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Garrulax fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Garrulax fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Garrulax fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Garrulax fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Trochalopteron fairbanki) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Kerala Laughingthrush ( Montecincla fairbanki) [version 2]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Trochalopteron fairbanki [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Montecincla cachinnans, M. jerdoni, M. meridionalis or M. fairbanki

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