Species of Thailand
Spot-breasted laughingthrush
Binomial name: Garrulax merulinus, Edward Blyth, 1851
The spot-breasted laughingthrush (Garrulax merulinus) is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family. It is found in south-west China, north-east 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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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Leiothrichidae
- Genus
- Garrulax
- Species
- Garrulax merulinus
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
Spot-breasted laughingthrush
Spot-breasted laughingthrush
- Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park
Range map of Garrulax merulinus in Thailand
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Special thanks to Ton Smits, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Ian Dugdale and many others for their contribution for range data.
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