Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron erythrocephalum)

Other Names (World)
Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush, Red-headed Laughingthrush, Black-eared Laughingthrush (nigrimentum)

Family
Leiotrichidae (Laughingthrushes And Allies)

Size
25.50 - 28.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vigors, 1832)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical high altitude grassland and shrubland, arable land. From 1,100 - 3,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Bhutan (R) (NB), China (mainland) (R) (NB), India (R) (NB), Nepal (R) (NB).

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).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (112)...)

Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron erythrocephalum) [XC891947]
by Shromona Halder from Below Bompu Camp Eaglenest WLS, India (song)

Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron erythrocephalum) [XC790384]
by Marc Anderson from Kakani, Sindhupalchok, Bagmati Province, Nepal (song)

Subspecies
Garrulax erythrocephalus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron erythrocephalum), Assam Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron chrysopterum), Silver-eared Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron melanostigma) and Malay Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron peninsulae) following Collar (2006).

Until recently regarded as conspecific with Assam Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron chrysopterum), Silver-eared Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron melanostigma), Malay Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron peninsulae) and even Golden-winged Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron ngoclinhense). Subspecies woodi of Assam Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron chrysopterum) was initially retained in present species. Subspecies kali and nigrimentum intergrade.

Proposed subspecies imprudens (from hills of Assam northern and east of R Brahmaputra) is indistinguishable from nigrimentum.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

erythrocephalum (Vigors, 1832) - Western Himachal Pradesh east to Uttaranchal Pradesh, in northern India.
kali (Vaurie, 1953) - Western and central Nepal.
nigrimentum Oates, 1889 - Eastern Nepal east to Bhutan and north-eastern India (Arunachal Pradesh, northern Assam) and adjacent southern China (south-eastern Xizang).

References
See References.

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