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Black-throated Laughingthrush - BirdForum Opus

(Redirected from Ianthocincla chinensis)
Photo © by M Kwan
Wonderland Villas, Hong Kong, January 2008
Pterorhinus chinensis

Dryonastes chinensis
Garrulax chinensis

Identification

23 - 30cm. A dark, medium-sized laughingthrush:

  • Black forehead, lores and upper submoustachial area, extending as eyestripe beyond eye
  • Uneven, narrow white flecks on forehead
  • Slate-grey crown and upper nape
  • Mid-grey mantle and dark brown upperparts, upperwing and tail
  • White ear-coverts
  • Black chin, throat and upper breast
  • Darkish grey underparts, germaini and monachus with brown underparts and much browner upperparts

Sexes similar. Juveniles are duller and more olive-toned overall.

Distribution

Found in southeast Asia in south China (Yunnan to Guangxi, Guangdong and Hainan), Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Population in Hong Kong probably of captive origin.
Fairly common in parts of its range.

Taxonomy

There are 5 subspecies[1]:

May form a superspecies with similar Chestnut-backed Laughingthrush and has been considered conspecific. Monachus is sometimes considered a full species.
This species is sometimes placed in the genus Ianthocincla or in Dryonastes.

Habitat

Broadleaf evergreen forest and mixed forest, also secondary growth, scrub and grass. Recorded up to 1525m.

Behaviour

Diet

Feeds on insects. Takes sometimes some plant material and seeds.
Usually seen in pairs or small groups, often together with other laughingthrushes. Skulking and difficult to see, foreaging in trees, bushes and lower storey.

Breeding

Breeding season March to August. The nest is a loose cupe made of rattan, bamboo, other leaves and rootes. It's placed in a thick bush or bamboo near the ground, sometimes up to 2m. Lays 3 -5 eggs.

Movements

Resident species.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553422

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