White-throated Laughingthrush (Garrulax albogularis)

Other Names (World)
White-throated Laughingthrush, Collared Laughingthrush

Family
Leiotrichidae (Laughingthrushes And Allies)

Size
28 - 31 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1836)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 1,200 - 3,800 m, occasionally down to 300 m.

Range (Guide)

Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Nepal, Pakistan, Vietnam.

North-eastern Pakistan (Murree Hills, at least formerly) east to eastern Uttaranchal Pradesh, Nepal, Bhutan and north-eastern India (central Arunachal Pradesh), adjacent southern and south-eastern Xizang, south-central and southern China (W, southern and extreme north-eastern Yunnan east through central and north-eastern Sichuan to southern Gansu, southern Shaanxi and western Hubei; reportedly also in Xining region of eastern Qinghai, in north-central China) and extreme north-western Vietnam (western Tonkin).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and stable.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (62)...)

White-throated Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus albogularis) [XC785912]
by Greg Irving from Nainital (near Smanora Range), Kumaon Division, Uttarakhand, India (call)

White-throated Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus albogularis) [XC839536]
by Bo Shunqi \u8584\u987a\u5947 from \u9152\u58f6\u576a\uff0cHubei Province Shen Nongjia NR, China (call)

Subspecies
Garrulax albogularis (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into White-throated Laughingthrush (Garrulax albogularis) and Rufous-crowned Laughingthrush (Garrulax ruficeps) following Collar (2006).

Closely related to and often treated as conspecific with Rufous-crowned Laughingthrush (Garrulax ruficeps). Birds from north-western Himalayas described as subspecies whistleri, those from south-western Sichuan (south-central China) as laetus and those in rest of China as eous. However, distinguishing characters (including mensural differences) are extremely weak, and naming of geographical subspecies considered unwarranted.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

whistleri (Baker, ECS, 1921) - Kashmir to Pakistan and north-western India (Uttar Pradesh).
albogularis (Gould, 1836) - Himalayas to north-western Vietnam.
eous (Riley, 1930) - South-western, south-central and southern China, north-western Vietnam.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for White-throated Laughingthrush (Garrulax albogularis) - 10 files

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