Striated laughingthrush
| Striated laughingthrush | |
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| Specie from Chaffi, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Leiothrichidae |
| Genus: | Garrulax (disputed) |
| Species: | G. striatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Garrulax striatus (Vigors, 1831) | |
The striated laughingthrush (Garrulax striatus) is a bird species in the Leiothrichidae family. In the proposed rearrangement of the laughingthrushes, it is placed in the monotypic genus Grammatoptila, as G. striata.
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
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Garrulax striatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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