Grey-sided Laughingthrush (Garrulax caerulatus)

Other Names (World)
Grey-sided Laughingthrush, Gray-sided Laughingthrush

Family
Leiotrichidae (Laughingthrushes And Allies)

Size
26.50 - 28.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hodgson, 1836)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, high altitude shrubland. From sea-level - 600 m.

Range (Guide)

Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan (China).

Introduced to USA.

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 decreasing.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (37)...)

Grey-sided Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus caerulatus) [XC613194]
by Jelle Scharringa from Nobding, Bhutan (call)

Grey-sided Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus caerulatus) [XC388514]
by Mike Dooher from Algarah, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India (call, song)

Subspecies
Closely related to and may form a superspecies with Buffy Laughingthrush (Garrulax berthemyi) and Rusty Laughingthrush (Garrulax poecilorhynchus) and in the past all three were treated as conspecific.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

caerulatus (Hodgson, 1836) - Central Nepal east to Bhutan and north-eastern India (Arunachal Pradesh except south-east).
subcaerulatus (Hume, 1878) - Meghalaya and adjacent southern Assam, in north-eastern India.
livingstoni (Ripley, 1952) - South-eastern Arunachal Pradesh south to Mizoram (north-eastern India) and adjacent north-western Myanmar.
latifrons (Rothschild, 1926) - Extreme north-eastern Myanmar and adjacent southern China (north-western Yunnan).
kaurensis (Rippon, 1901) - Eastern Myanmar and adjacent western Yunnan.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Grey-sided Laughingthrush (Garrulax caerulatus) - 10 files

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