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LAUGHINGTHRUSH and Allies
Order Passeriformes Family Leiothrichidae
LAUGHINGTHRUSH and Allies
Order Passeriformes Family Leiothrichidae
The laughingthrushes are a family of mostly Old World passerine birds. These are birds of tropical areas, with the greatest variety in Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent. The entire family was previously included in the Timaliidae, the Old World babblers. Some birds in Leiothrichidaeare are called babbler's.
They are small to medium sized birds. They have strong legs, and many are quite terrestrial. They typically have generalised bills, similar to those of a thrush. Most have predominantly brown plumage, with minimal difference between the sexes, but many more brightly coloured species also exist. They are vocally noisy birds.
The Leiothrichidae are divided in this presention as follows
Babbler: babax, babbler, chatterer
Fulvetta : cutia, fulvetta
Laughingthrush: babax, hwamei, laughingthrush
Other : barwing, leiothrix, liocichla, mesia, minia, sibia
The LAUGHINGTHRUSH
This web page contains the following genus: Garrulax, Ianthocincla, Trochalopteron. At one time they were all combined into a larger Garrulax. Almost all of the species have Laughingthrush in their name.
Genus Babax
Also placed in genus Garrulax or Ianthocincla
Babax,_Chinese Babax lanceolatus also Ianthocincla lanceolata Found: China, Hong Kong, India, Myanmar
Image by: 1) LonelyShrimp Josephe Huet 2) Dave_Curtis 3) Brendan_Ryan
Babax, Giant Babax waddelli also Ianthocincla waddelli Found: India, Tibet
Image by: 1) Johan Bosch 2) Frode Falkenberg
Babax, Tibetan Babax koslowi also Ianthocincla koslowi Found: China
Image by: 1) Tang Jun
Genus Garrulax
These laughingthrush usually appear in gourps of about a half dozen.
Hwamei,_Chinese also Melodious Laughingthrush Garrulax canorus Found: eastern Asia
The Chinese Hwamei has mainly reddish-brown plumage; dark streaks on crown, back, throat; whitish eye-ring with white line extending to rear of head.
Image by: 1. 2) Dick Daniels - San Diego Zoo 3) Charles Lam 4) Hiyashi_Haka
Hwamei,_Taiwan Garrulax taewanum Found: Taiwan
The Taiwan Hwamei has mainly gray-brown plumage; heavy streaks on crown, nape, back; fine streaks on much of underparts;
Image by: 1, 2) Lin_Sun_Fong - Taiwan 3) Hiyashi Haka
Laughingthursh,_Ashy-headed Garrulax cinereifrons Found: Sri Lanka
The Ashy-headed Laughingthrush has rufous-brown upperparts; deep buff underparts; gray head; white throat. They are noisy birds with charactericstic laughing calls.
Image by: 1) Steve Garvie - Sri Lanka 2) Danushka Senadheera 3) p_khoo
Laughingthursh, Bare-headed Garrulax calvus Found: Borneo
Image by: 1) John Gerrard Keulemans 2) James Eaton
1) Adult - foreground; juvenile - rear
Laughingthursh, Black Garrulax lugubris Found: Indonesia
The Black Laughingthrush has all black plumage; orange bill.
Image by: 1) Oleg Chernyshov
Laughingthursh, Black-hooded Garrulax milleti Found: Laos, Vietnam
Image by: 1) Henrik Gronvold
Laughingthursh, Cambodian Garrulax ferrarius Found: southwestern Cambodia
Image by: 1) James Eaton
Laughingthursh, Gray Garrulax maesi Found: China, Laos, Vietnam
Image by: 1) Manfred Braun
Laughingthrush,_Lesser_Necklaced Garrulax monileger Found: Asia
Image by: 1) JJ Harrison - Thailand 2) Dibyendu_Ash - India 3) Vijay_Ismavel - India 4) Hiyashi_Haka
Laughingthrush,_Masked Garrulax perspicillatus Found: China, Vietnam
Image by: 1, 2, 3) Charles Lam
Laughingthursh, Orange-breasted Garrulax annamensis Found: Vietnam
The Orange-breasted Laughingthrush has brown upperparts; orange breast with black streaks; black throat.
Similar to: Spot-breasted Laughtingthrush. Spot-breasted Laughtingthrush has brown breast with black streaks; Orange-breasted Laughingthrush has orange breast with black streaks; black throat.
Image by: 1) James Eaton - VietnamSimilar to: Spot-breasted Laughtingthrush. Spot-breasted Laughtingthrush has brown breast with black streaks; Orange-breasted Laughingthrush has orange breast with black streaks; black throat.
Laughingthursh,_Rufous-cheeked Garrulax castanotis Found: China, Laos, Vietnam
The Rufous-cheeked Laughingthrush was formerly considered a subspecies of the Gray Laughingthrush.
Image by: 1) Brian_Ivon_Jones - China
Laughingthursh, Rufous-fronted Garrulax rufifrons Found: mountains regions of Java
The Rufous-fronted Laughingthrust has mainly gray plumage; rufous forehead; yellow eyes.
Image by: 1) Marhi_226 2) Writhed Hornbil - Prague Zoo
Laughingthursh,_Spot-breasted Garrulax merulinus Found: southeast Asia
The Sopt-breasted Laughingthrush has brown upperparts; brown breast with black streaks.
Similar to: Orange-breasted Laughtingthrush. Spot-breasted Laughtingthrush has brown breast with black streaks; Orange-breasted Laughingthrush has orange breast with black streaks; black throat.
Image by: 1, 2) Jason Thompson - Thailand 3) Francesco_Veronesi - Thailand Similar to: Orange-breasted Laughtingthrush. Spot-breasted Laughtingthrush has brown breast with black streaks; Orange-breasted Laughingthrush has orange breast with black streaks; black throat.
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Laughingthrush,_Sumatran also Black-and-white Laughingthrush Garrulax bicolor Found: Indonesian island of Sumatra
Image by: 1, 2) Dick Daniels - Miami Zoo 3) cuatrok77
Laughingthursh, Sunda Garrulax palliatus Found: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia
Image by: 1) Dave Irving
Laughingthrush,_White-crested Garrulax leucolophus Found: Asia
Image by: 1, 2, 4) Dick Daniels - National Aviary 3) Dick - Miami Zoo 5) Sandy Cole
Laughingthursh, White-necked Garrulax strepitans Found: China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand
Image by: 1) JJ Harrison - Thailand
Genus Grammatoptila - 1 species
Laughingthrush,_Striated Grammatoptila striata Found: Indian subcontinent
Image: 1) Dibyendu Ash 2) Soumendu_Das 3) vbecker - India
Genus Ianthocincla also Garrulax
Laughingthrush,_Barred Ianthocincla lunulata Found: China
Image by: 1) Matej Batha 2) Brendan_Ryan - Sichuan
Laughingthrush,_Biet's also White-speckled Laughingthrush Ianthocincla bieti Found: China
Image by: 1) character
Laughingthrush,_Black-throated Ianthocincla chinensis also Garrulax c. Found: Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
Image by: 1) Dick Daniels- Miami Zoo 2) Charles Lam 3) Darren Bellerby - Hong Kong Park, Hong Kong 4) Dick - Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle
Laughingthrush,_Blue-crowned Ianthocincla courtoisi also Garrulax courtoisiFound: Jiangxi, China.
The Blue-crowned Laughingthrush was previously a subspecies of the Yellow-throated Laughingthrush,_but that species has a pale grey (not bluish) crown.
Image by: 1, 2, 3) Dick Daniels - National Aviary 4) Sandy Cole - National Aviary 5) Trisha
Shears - the Cincinnati
Zoo
Laughingthrush,_Buffy Ianthocincla berthemyi also Garrulax berthemyi Found: China
Similar to: Ruaty Laughingthrush. Buffy Laughingthrush has paler gray underparts than Rusty Laughingthrush and more contrasting rufous wings.
Image by: 1) Dougii 2) Kimoji
Laughingthrush,_Chestnut-backed Ianthocincla nuchalis also Garrulax nuchalis Found: India, Myanmar
Image by: 1) Raj Phukan 2) Firoz_Hussain
Laughingthrush,_Chestnut-capped Ianthocincla mitratus also Garrulax mitratus Found: Indonesia, Malaysia
Image by: 1) David_Cook 2) Jason Thompson 3) Swee_Oon 4) Hiyashi_Haka
Laughingthrush,_Chestnut-eared Ianthocincla konkakinhensis also Garrulax konkakinhensis Found: Vietnam, Laos
The Chestnut-eared Laughingthrush has irregularly barred black-and-white upperparts; black-streaked gray forehead; chestnut ear-coverts.
Image by: 1) Tony Sawbridge
Laughingthrush,_Chestnut-hooded Ianthocincla treacheri also Garrulax treacheri Found: Borneo
Image by: 1) Sabine's Sunbird 2) Lip Kee
Laughingthrush,_Giant Ianthocincla maxima Found: China, India
Image by: 1) Henry_Koh - Tibet 2) Nick_Athanas
Laughingthrush,_Gray-sided Ianthocincla caerulata also Garrulax caerulatus Found: southeast Asia, Hawaii (introduced)
Similar to: Rusty Laughingthrush. Rusty Laughingthrush has larger black patch on lores than Gray-sided Laughingthrush.
Image by: 1) Umeshsrinivasan 2, 3) Hiyashi Haka
Laughingthrush,_Greater Necklaced Ianthocincla pectoralis Found: Asia
Image by: 1, 2) Dick Daniels - San Diego Zoo 3) Sandy Cole - San Diego Zoo 4) Vijay_Ismavel
Laughingthrush,_Moustached Ianthocincla cineraceaFound: China, India, Myanmar
Image by: 1) John Gerrard Keulemans 2) esbelme
Laughingthrush,_Plain also Pere David's Laughingthrush Garrulax davidi also Ianthocincla davidi Found: China
Image by: 1) LonelyShrimp 2) Brendan_Ryan 3) Dave_Curtis
Laughingthrush,_Rufous-chinned Ianthocincla rufogularis Found: southeast Asia
The Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush has scale-like upperparts; grayish underparts; black cap; brown tail.
Image by: 1) Rakeshkdogra 2) soumyajit_nandy 3) Soumendu_Das 4) Koshy_Koshy
Laughingthrush,_Rufous-crowned Ianthocincla ruficeps Found: Taiwan
The Rufous-crowned Laughtingthrush was previously considered conspecific with the White-throated Laughingthrush.
Image by: 1) Nick_Athanas - Taiwan 2) Chun-Chieh_Liao
Laughingthrush,_Rufous-necked Ianthocincla ruficollis also Garrulax ruficollis Found: south Asia
Image by: 1) Ron Knight 2) Vijay_Ismavel - India 3) Dibyendu_Ash - West Bengal, India
Laughingthrush,_Rufous-vented Ianthocincla gularis also Garrulax gularis Found: southeast Asia
Image by: 1) John Gould 2) Paul
Laughingthrush,_Rusty Ianthocincla poecilorhynchus also Garrulax poecilorhynchus Found: Taiwan
Similar to: Gray-sided Laughingthrush. Rusty Laughingthrush has larger black patch on lores than Gray-sided Laughingthrush.
Similar to: Buffy Laughingthrush. Buffy Laughingthrush has paler gray underparts than Rusty Laughingthrush and more contrasting rufous wings.
Image by: 1) Ray Cui 2) Hank 3) Ross_TsaiSimilar to: Buffy Laughingthrush. Buffy Laughingthrush has paler gray underparts than Rusty Laughingthrush and more contrasting rufous wings.
Laughingthrush,_Spotted Ianthocincla ocellata Found: Asia
Image by: 1) Charlie Westerinen - San Diego Zoo 2, 4) Dick Daniels - San Diego Zoo 3) Sandy Cole - San Diego Zoo
Laughingthrush,_Sukatschev's also Snowy-cheeked Laughingthursh Ianthocincla sukatschewi Found: China
Image by: 1) Gustav Mutzel 2) Tang Jan
Laughingthrush,_White-browed Ianthocincla sannio also Garrulax sannio Found: southeast Asia
The White-browed Laughingthrush has mainly gray plumage; lighter underparts; black crown; white supercilium, face.
Image by: 1) Ron Knight - Chengdu, China 2) Jason Thompson - Thailand 3) Jerry_Oldenettel - Thailand
Laughingthrush,_White-cheeked Ianthocincla vassali also Garrulax vassali Found: Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam
Image by: 1) Johnson - Singapore
Laughingthrush,_White-throated Ianthocincla albogularis Found: Asia
The Rufous-crowned Laughtingthrush was previously considered conspecific with the White-throated Laughingthrush.
Image by: 1) Hectonichus 2) Lip_Kee 3, 4) Hiyashi_Haka
Laughingthrush,_Wynaad Ianthocincla delesserti also Garrulax delessertiFound: Western Ghats south of Goa in India
The Wynaad Laughingthrush has brownish-gray upperparts; dark head with black mask; white throat; pale gray breast; rufous belly.
Image by: 1) Prasanna Parab
Laughingthrush,_Yellow-throated Ianthocincla galbanus Found: Asia
The Blue-crowned Laughingthrush was previously a subspecies of the Yellow-throated Laughingthrush,_but that species has a pale grey (not bluish) crown.
Image by: 1) John Gould in Birds of Asia 2, 3) Kerry Lannert
Genus Trochalopteron also Garrulax
These laughingthrush are found in Asia. Most are quite colorful.
Laughingthrush,_Assam Trochalopteron chrysopterum Found: China, India, Myanmar
The Assam Laughingthrush was formerly considered a subspecies of the Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush.
Image by: 1) LonelyShrimp 2) Dibyendu_Ash - India.jpg){kind=link}
Laughingthrush,_Bhutan Trochalopteron imbricatum Found: Bhutan and adjacent India
The Bhutan Laughingthrush was formerly considered a subspecies of the Streaked Laughingthrush.
Image by: 1, 2) Ron Knight 3) Dibyendu_Ash - Bhutan
Laughingthrush,_Black-faced Trochalopteron affine Found: south Asia
Image by: 1) David Cook 2) Dibyendu Ash 3) Allen Drewitt 4) Francesco_Veronesi - India
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Laughingthrush,_Blue-winged Trochalopteron squamatum Found: southern China, eastern Himalaya, Myanmar, Laos
Image by: 1) Dibyendu_Ash - India
Laughingthrush,_Brown-capped Trochalopteron austeni Found: India, Myanmar
Image by: 1, 2) lonelyshrimp
Laughingthrush,_Brown-cheeked also Prince Henry's Laugingthrush Trochalopteron henrici Found: China, India
Image by: 1, 2) Ross Tsai
Laughingthrush,_Chestnut-crowned Trochalopteron erythrocephalum Found: Bhutan, China, India, Nepal
The Assam Laughingthrush was formerly considered a subspecies of the Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush.
Image by: 1) Rushen 2) Sivaramakrishnan 3) Prateik_Kulkarni 4) Koshy_Koshy - India
Laughingthrush,_Collared Trochalopteron yersini Found: Vietnam
Image by: 1) P_Khoo 2) Luyen Nguyen
Laughingthrush,_Elliot's Trochalopteron elliotii Found: Chian, India
Image by: 1) John Gould 2) Ron Knight
Laughingthrush,_Golden-winged Trochalopteron ngoclinhense Found: Vietnam
Image by: 1) TUANTHUDUC
Laughingthrush,_Kerala also Grey-breasted Laughingthrush Trochalopteron fairbanki Found: Asia
The Kerala Laughingthrush has olive-brown upperparts; gray-brown crown; white supercilium; gray throat; gray upper-breast with faint brown streaks; rusty-brown lower-breast, belly.
Image by: 1) Shrikant_Rao - India 2) gopalarathnam 3) Chandru0072 - India 4) NA_Nazeer
Laughingthrush,_Malayan Trochalopteron peninsulae Found: Thailand, Malaysia
Image by: 1) Francesco_Veronesi - Malaysia 2) Mark_Louis_Benedict
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Laughingthrush,_Red-tailed Trochalopteron milnei Found: Asia
The Red-tailed Laughingtrush has dull ochrous-gray underparts, mantle; rufous-chestnut crown, nape; crimson wings, tail; white ear-coverts.
Image by: 1) Ray_Cui 2) Tom_Friedel (BirdPhotos.com) 3) Hiyashi_Haka 4) Sandy Cole - San Diego Zoo 
Laughingthrush,_Red-winged Trochalopteron formosum Found: southwest China, Vietnam
The Red-winged Laughingtrush has mainly brown plumage; lare areas of red on wings, tail; gray crown with dark streaks.
Image by: 1) Josephe Huet 2) Jason L. Buberel 3) Smatric
Laughingthrush,_Rufous-breasted also Black-chinned Laughingthrush Trochalopteron cachinnans Found: Asia
The Rufous-breasted Laughingthrush has dark olive-gray upperparts; slaty-brown crown; broad white supercilium boarded with black; black lores, throat; olive-brown tail.reddish brown eyes; rufous underparts; sblack bill. A subspecies has gray breast and rufous belly. Also known as Nilgiri Laughingthrush (Montecincla cachinnans)
Image by: 1, 2) D. Momaya 3) Antony_Grossy 4) P_Jeganathan
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Laughingthrush,_Scaly Trochalopteron subunicolor Found: southern Asia
Image by: 1) Umeshsrinivasan 2) Dibyendu Ash 3) Hiyashi_Haka 4) Ron_Knight
Laughingthrush,_Silver-eared Trochalopteron melanostigma Found: China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
Image by: 1) Jason Thompson 2) Francesco_Veronesi - Thailand 3) JJ_Harrison - Thailand
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Laughingthrush,_Streaked Trochalopteron lineatum Found: Asia
The Bhutan Laughingthrush was formerly considered a subspecies of the Streaked Laughingthrush.
Image by: 1) Yogendra Joshi - India 2) Koshy_Koshy - India 3) J M Garg - India 3) Shrikant_Rao - India 4) Shrikant_Rao - India
Laughingthrush,_Striped Trochalopteron virgatum Found: northeast India, Myanmar
Image by: 1) Dibyendu_Ash 2) Raju Kasambe - India
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Laughingthrush,_Variegated Trochalopteron variegatum Found: northern regions of Indian subcontinent
Image by: 1) Mike_Prince 2) Dibyendu_Ash - India
Laughingthrush,_White-whiskered Trochalopteron morrisonianus Found: Asia Trochalopteron morrisonianum
Image by: 1, 2, 3) Hiyashi Haka 4) Charles_Lam
