Black-throated laughingthrush
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Pterorhinus
Species:
P. chinensis
Binomial name
Pterorhinus chinensis
(Scopoli, 1786)
Synonyms

Ianthocincla chinensis
Garrulax chinensis

The black-throated laughingthrush (Pterorhinus chinensis) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. It occurs as an introduced species in Hong Kong.[1] Based on a combination of strong morphological and genetic evidence, the subspecies on Hainan Island is treated as a distinct species by some authors, Swinhoe's laughingthrush (Pterorhinus monachus).[2][3]

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, mostly at submontane to montane elevations.[1]

The black-throated laughingthrush was at one time 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.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b c BirdLife International (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Garrulax chinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103872142A113226699. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103872142A113226699.en. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  2. ^ Wu, Yuchun; Huang, Junhui; Zhang, Min; Luo, Site; Zhang, Yanhua; Lei, Fumin; Sheldon, Frederick H.; Zou, Fasheng (2012). "Genetic divergence and population demography of the Hainan endemic Black-throated Laughingthrush (Aves: Timaliidae, Garrulax chinensis monachus) and adjacent mainland subspecies". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 65 (2): 482–489. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.07.005. PMID 22820021.
  3. ^ Liu; et al. (28 November 2014). Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of Southeast China. John Beaufoy Publishers Ltd. ISBN 978-1909612235.
  4. ^ Cibois, A.; Gelang, M.; Alström, P.; Pasquet, E.; Fjeldså, J.; Ericson, P.G.P.; Olsson, U. (2018). "Comprehensive phylogeny of the laughingthrushes and allies (Aves, Leiothrichidae) and a proposal for a revised taxonomy". Zoologica Scripta. 47 (4): 428–440. doi:10.1111/zsc.12296. S2CID 51883434.
  5. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2023). "Laughingthrushes and allies". World Bird List version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 10 December 2023.

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