Snowy-cheeked laughingthrush

Snowy-cheeked laughingthrush
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Leiothrichidae
Genus:	Ianthocincla
Species:	I. sukatschewi
Binomial name
Ianthocincla sukatschewi (Berezowski & Bianchi, 1891)
Synonyms
Garrulax sukatschewi

The snowy-cheeked laughingthrush (Ianthocincla sukatschewi), also known as Sukatschev's laughingthrush, ^[2] is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is endemic to northern China where its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The snowy-cheeked 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 . ^{[3] [4]} The specific name honours the Russian merchant, philanthropist and collector Vladimir Platonovich Sukachev (1849-1919). ^[5]

References

1. BirdLife International. (2016). "Garrulax sukatschewi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22715662A94463818. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22715662A94463818.en . Retrieved 6 August 2025.
2. "Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush". Avibase. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
3. 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.
4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Laughingthrushes and allies". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
5. Jobling, J.A. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 18 January 2019.