Black-faced laughingthrush
| Black-faced laughingthrush | |
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| Photographed from East Sikkim, India | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Leiothrichidae |
| Genus: | Trochalopteron (disputed) |
| Species: | T. affine |
| Binomial name | |
| Trochalopteron affine Blyth, 1843 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Garrulax affinis | |
The black-faced laughingthrush (Trochalopteron affine) is a bird species in the Leiothrichidae family.
It is found in the Eastern Himalayas. Its range extends from eastern Nepal eastwards to Arunachal Pradesh in India and further to Myanmar, along with Bhutan and southeastern Tibet. Small disjunct populations also exist in continental Southeast Asia.
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Garrulax affinis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.
External links
- Black-faced laughingthrush videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Images at ADW
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