Masked laughingthrush

Masked laughingthrush
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Garrulax
Species: G. perspicillatus
Binomial name
Garrulax perspicillatus
J.F. Gmelin, 1789
Eggs of Garrulax perspicillatus MHNT

The masked laughingthrush (Garrulax perspicillatus) is a species of laughingthrush found in Asia. It is often seen in small noisy flocks of seven. Its Chinese name [七姊妹 qī zǐ-mèi] means 'seven sisters'.

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