Striated laughingthrush

Striated laughingthrush
in Nainital district, Uttarakhand, India
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Leiothrichidae
Genus:	Grammatoptila Reichenbach, 1850
Species:	G. striata
Binomial name
Grammatoptila striata (Vigors, 1831)

The striated laughingthrush (Grammatoptila striata) is a passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It 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 be the only species in the resurrected genus Grammatoptila. ^{[2] [3]}

subspecies Grammatoptila striata cranbrooki from Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India.

It is found in the northern temperate regions of the Indian subcontinent and ranges across Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Tibet and Nepal. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

1. BirdLife International. (2018). "Grammatoptila striata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T22715620A131971224. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22715620A131971224.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 16 January 2019.