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Species of Thailand

Black laughingthrush

Melanocichla lugubris

Salomon Müller, 1835

In Thai: นกกะรางดำ

The black laughingthrush (Melanocichla lugubris) is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae. It is found in highland forests in the Thai-Malay Peninsula and on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Until recently, it usually included the bare-headed laughingthrush as a subspecies.

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Category / Seasonal Status

Wiki listed status (concerning Thai population): Rare in far south

BCST Category: Recorded in an apparently wild state within the last 50 years

BCST Seasonal status: Resident or presumed resident

Scientific classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Timaliidae
Genus
Melanocichla
Species
Melanocichla lugubris

Common names

  • Thai: นกกะรางดำ

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN3.1)

Least Concern (IUCN3.1)

Photos

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Range Map

Distribution map of Black laughingthrush, Melanocichla lugubris in Thailand
  • Bang Lang National Park
  • Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary
Range map of Melanocichla lugubris in Thailand