Grey-crowned crocias

Grey-crowned crocias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Crocias
Species: C. langbianis
Binomial name
Crocias langbianis
Gyldenstolpe, 1939

The grey-crowned crocias (Crocias langbianis) is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family. It is endemic to Vietnam, where it has a highly restricted distribution in the Da Lat Plateau.

Its natural habitat is intact broadleaf evergreen forest and secondary forest, generally near watercourses, between 910–1450 m above sea-level. It is threatened by habitat loss, although the species is elusive and easily overlooked, so much so that it was previously considered critically endangered.

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