Lesser necklaced laughingthrush

Lesser necklaced laughingthrush
Garrulax monileger monileger from Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, East Sikkim, India.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Leiothrichidae
Genus:	Garrulax
Species:	G. monileger
Binomial name
Garrulax monileger (Hodgson, 1836)

The lesser necklaced laughingthrush (Garrulax monileger) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.

Distribution

Its range extends across the eastern Himalayas, southern China and Indochina.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Behavior and Ecology

Lesser necklaced laughingthrushes may be mimics of Greater necklaced laughingthrushes, the latter of which are dominant in mixed-species flocks. ^[2]

References

1. BirdLife International. (2024). "Garrulax monileger". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024: e.T22715608A264199519. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T22715608A264199519.en . Retrieved 21 February 2025.
2. Gosai, Kamal Raj; Zhou, Liping; Liu, Yang; Braun, Edward L.; Kimball, Rebecca T.; Robinson, Scott K.; Jiang, Aiwu; Goodale, Eben (2024-04-10). "Investigating flock-associated mimicry: examining the evidence for, and drivers of, plumage mimicry in the greater and lesser necklaced laughingthrush". Royal Society Open Science. 11 (4). Bibcode:2024RSOS...1130976G. doi:10.1098/rsos.230976. ISSN   2054-5703. PMC   11004677 . PMID   38601036.