Spotted laughingthrush

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Spotted laughingthrush
Spotted Laughingthrush Sikkim India 16.05.2015.jpg
Ianthocincla ocellata ocellata from Pangolakha WLS, East Sikkim, India.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Ianthocincla
Species:
I. ocellata
Binomial name
Ianthocincla ocellata
(Vigors, 1831)
Synonyms

Garrulax ocellatus

The spotted laughingthrush (Ianthocincla ocellata) is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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The spotted 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]

References

  1. BirdLife International. (2024). "Ianthocincla ocellata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024: e.T22715682A264169562. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T22715682A264169562.en . Retrieved 4 August 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 17 January 2019.