Rufous-vented Laughingthrush

Alternative names: Yellow-breasted Laughingthrush; Yellow-throated Laughingthrush; McClelland's Laughingthrush

Garrulax gularis

Dryonastes gularis

Identification

23 - 25.5cm. A medium-sized long-billed laughingthrush:

• Longish black bill
• Black mask
• Yellow throat
• Belly, vent and outer rectrices bright rufous-chestnut

Sexes similar. Juveniles much brighter overall.

Similar species

Less extensively yellow below and darker above with much longer bill than similar Yellow-throated Laughingthrush.

Distribution

Found in southeast Bhutan, northeast India and north Burma. Another population in north and central Laos and adjacent north Vietnam.
Record from Bangladesh no longer accepted. Fairly common in parts of its range.

Taxonomy

Monotypic.
May form a superspecies with Wynaad Laughingthrush and has been considered conspecific with it in the past.
This species is sometimes placed in the genus Ianthocincla or in Dryonastes.

Habitat

Broadleaf evergreen forest, secondary growth, scrub and sometimes bamboo. Found at 90 - 1220m in India, 300 - 1220m in Vietnam and Laos.

Behaviour

Feeds on insects, takes also berries and seeds.
Usually seen in large vocal groups of up to 50 birds, sometimes with other laughingthrushes. Skulking behaviour, foraging mostly on the ground, rarely in small trees. Shy.
Breedings season from April to July. The nest is a bulky cup made of tendrils, twigs, creepers and roots. It's placed in a bush or a sapling, 1 - 6m above the ground. Lays 2 - 3 eggs.
Resident species.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. 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
3. Rasmussen, PC and JC Anderton. 2005. Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334672

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Rufous-vented Laughingthrush. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Rufous-vented_Laughingthrush

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