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 eight species: ==References==