White-speckled laughingthrush

White-speckled laughingthrush
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Garrulax
Species: G. bieti
Binomial name
Garrulax bieti
(Oustalet, 1897)

The white-speckled laughingthrush (Garrulax bieti) is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family. It is endemic to China.

Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The scientific name commemorates the French naturalist Félix Biet.

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