Spot-breasted laughingthrush

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Spot-breasted laughingthrush

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Garrulax
Species:
G. merulinus
Binomial name
Garrulax merulinus
Blyth, 1851

The spot-breasted laughingthrush (Garrulax merulinus) is a species of

montane forests
.

The orange-breasted laughingthrush (S. annamensis) of south-central Vietnam was formerly regarded as a subspecies of this bird but is now often treated as a separate species.

References

  • Robson, Craig (2002) A Field Guide to the Birds of South-east Asia, New Holland, London.