Assam laughingthrush

The Assam laughingthrush (Trochalopteron chrysopterum) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Northeast India and adjacent southwest China and Myanmar.

Assam Laughingthrush
From Khonoma Nature Conservation and Tragopan Sanctuary, Nagaland, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Trochalopteron
Species:
T. chrysopterum
Binomial name
Trochalopteron chrysopterum
(Gould, 1835)
Synonyms

Garrulax erythrocephalus chrysopterus
Garrulax chrysopterus

The species was formerly regarded as a subspecies of the chestnut-crowned laughingthrush, T. erythrocephalum.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Garrulax chrysopterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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