Lesser necklaced laughingthrush | |
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Garrulax monileger monileger from Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, East Sikkim, India. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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.
It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Lesser necklaced laughingthrushes may be mimics of Greater necklaced laughingthrushes, the latter of which are dominant in mixed-species flocks. [2]