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Species of Thailand

Spectacled laughingthrush

Rhinocichla mitrata, Salomon Müller, 1835

(In Thai: นกกะรางวงตาขาว)

The chestnut-capped laughingthrush (Pterorhinus mitratus), also known as the spectacled laughingthrush, is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.

It is found in Sumatra (Indonesia) and the Thai-Malay Peninsula.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The chestnut-hooded laughingthrush was previously considered a subspecies.

The chestnut-capped laughingthrush was formerly placed in the genus Garrulax but following the publication of a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, it was moved to the resurrected genus Pterorhinus.

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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
Leiothrichidae
Genus
Rhinocichla
Species
Rhinocichla mitrata

Common names

  • Thai: นกกะรางวงตาขาว

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN3.1)

Least Concern (IUCN3.1)

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Spectacled laughingthrush

Range Map

Distribution map of Spectacled laughingthrush, Rhinocichla mitrata in Thailand
  • Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary
Range map of Rhinocichla mitrata in Thailand