Rufous-crowned laughingthrush

Rufous-crowned laughingthrush
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Leiothrichidae
Genus:	Pterorhinus
Species:	P. ruficeps
Binomial name
Pterorhinus ruficeps (Gould, 1863)
Synonyms
Garrulax albogularis ruficeps Ianthocincla ruficeps Garrulax ruficeps

The rufous-crowned laughingthrush (Pterorhinus ruficeps) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is endemic to Taiwan. It was previously considered conspecific with the white-throated laughingthrush, P. albogularis.

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]}

References

1. BirdLife International. (2024). "Pterorhinus ruficeps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024 e.T22734443A264241910. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T22734443A264241910.en . Retrieved 24 October 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.