Snowy-cheeked laughingthrush | |
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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]