Chestnut-backed Laughingthrush (Garrulax nuchalis)

Other Names (World)
Chestnut-backed Laughingthrush, Ogle's Laughingthrush

Family
Leiotrichidae (Laughingthrushes And Allies)

Size
24 - 27 cm

First Described (Guide)
Godwin-Austen, 1876

Habitat
Secondary growth, thickets, tall grasslands with scattered shrubs or dense bushes in stony scrub-covered ravines and hills. From sea-level - c.900 m.

Range (Guide)

India (B), Myanmar (B).

North-eastern India (south-eastern Arunachal Pradesh south to south-eastern and eastern Assam and Nagaland) and northern Myanmar.

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 (2010) and stable.

Status NT
Habitat degradation through increased grazing and agricultural conversion, as well as firewood cutting, may be the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (21)...)

Chestnut-backed Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus nuchalis) [XC19241]
by Yong Ding Li from Digboi, Assam, India (song)

Chestnut-backed Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus nuchalis) [XC684918]
by Lars Lachmann from Hpakan (near La War), Mohnyin, Kachin, Myanmar (call, song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

May form a superspecies with Black-throated Laughingthrush (Garrulax chinensis), and has been treated as conspecific.

References
See References.

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