Alternative names: Yellow-breasted Laughingthrush; Yellow-throated Laughingthrush; McClelland's Laughingthrush
- Pterorhinus gularis
Dryonastes gularis
Garrulax 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
This is a monotypic species[1].
May form a superspecies with Wayanad 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
Diet
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.
Breeding
Breeding 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.
Movements
Resident species.
References
- 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/
- 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
- Rasmussen, PC and JC Anderton. 2005. Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334672
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Rufous-vented Laughingthrush. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Rufous-vented_Laughingthrush
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