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Species of Thailand

Spot-breasted laughingthrush

Stactocichla merulina

Edward Blyth, 1851

In Thai: นกกะรางอกลาย

The spot-breasted laughingthrush (Garrulax merulinus) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Yunnan, Northeast India, Laos, Myanmar, north-west Thailand, and northern Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The orange-breasted laughingthrush (S. annamensis) of south-central Vietnam was formerly regarded as a subspecies of this bird but is now often treated as a separate species.

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Category / Seasonal Status

Wiki listed status (concerning Thai population): Very rare

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
Leiothrichidae
Genus
Stactocichla
Species
Stactocichla merulina

Common names

  • Thai: นกกะรางอกลาย

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN3.1)

Least Concern (IUCN3.1)

Vulnerable (IUCN3.1)

Vulnerable (ONEP)

Photos

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Spot-breasted laughingthrush
Spot-breasted laughingthrush

Range Map

Distribution map of Spot-breasted laughingthrush, Stactocichla merulina in Thailand
  • Doi Lang
  • Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park
Range map of Stactocichla merulina in Thailand