Grey-sided laughingthrush | |
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From Sumin Reserve Forest, Sikkim, India | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Leiothrichidae |
Genus: | Pterorhinus |
Species: | P. caerulatus |
Binomial name | |
Pterorhinus caerulatus (Hodgson, 1836) | |
Synonyms | |
Ianthocincla caerulata |
The grey-sided laughingthrush (Pterorhinus caerulatus) is a species of passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
This species was formerly placed in the genus Garrulax but following the publication of a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, it was moved to the resurrected genus Pterorhinus . [2] [3]
It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and the Hawaiian Islands (where it was introduced). Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.