Moustached laughingthrush

Moustached laughingthrush
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Leiothrichidae
Genus:	Ianthocincla
Species:	I. cineracea
Binomial name
Ianthocincla cineracea (Godwin-Austen, 1874)
Synonyms
Garrulax cineraceus

The moustached laughingthrush (Ianthocincla cineracea) is a species of passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in China, India, and Myanmar where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The moustached 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]}

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognised: ^[3]

• I. c. cineracea (Godwin-Austen, 1874) – Patkai
• I. c. strenua (Deignan, 1957) – east Myanmar to Yunnan
• I. c. cinereiceps (Styan, 1887) – South China

References

1. BirdLife International. (2024). "Ianthocincla cineracea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024: e.T103871930A263936391. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T103871930A263936391.en . Retrieved 24 February 2025.
2. 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.
3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Laughingthrushes and allies". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

External links

• Moustached laughingthrush videos on the Internet Bird Collection