Rufous-necked laughingthrush

Rufous-necked laughingthrush
From Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary in West Bengal, India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Garrulax (disputed)
Species: G. ruficollis
Binomial name
Garrulax ruficollis
(Jardine & Selby, 1838)

The rufous-necked laughingthrush (Garrulax ruficollis) is a bird species in the Leiothrichidae family. In the proposed rearrangement of the laughingthrushes, it is placed in the genus Dryonastes.

It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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