Spot-breasted laughingthrush

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Spot-breasted laughingthrush
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Garrulax
Species:
G. merulinus
Binomial name
Garrulax merulinus
Blyth, 1851

The spot-breasted laughingthrush (Garrulax merulinus) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Yunnan, Northeast India, Laos, Myanmar, north-west Thailand, and northern Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The orange-breasted laughingthrush (S. annamensis) of south-central Vietnam was formerly regarded as a subspecies of this bird but is now often treated as a separate species.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Garrulax merulinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22735112A95102126. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22735112A95102126.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.