Spotted laughingthrush
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| Spotted laughingthrush | |
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| Ianthocincla ocellata ocellata from Pangolakha WLS, East Sikkim, India. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Leiothrichidae |
| Genus: | Ianthocincla |
| Species: | I. ocellata
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| Ianthocincla ocellata (Vigors, 1831)
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Garrulax ocellatus | |
The spotted laughingthrush (Ianthocincla ocellata) is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
The spotted 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.[2][3]
Gallery
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Spotted laughingthrush (Ianthocincla ocellata) in undergrowth of a mixed cold temperate Himalayan Forest, about 2250 meters above sea level, in Sarmoli Village, Munsiari, District Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand.
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Garrulax ocellatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ 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. S2CID 51883434.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Laughingthrushes and allies". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
External links
[edit]- Spotted laughingthrush videos on the Internet Bird Collection
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