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Streaked laughingthrush

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Streaked laughingthrush
in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Trochalopteron
Species:
T. lineatum
Binomial name
Trochalopteron lineatum
(Vigors, 1831)
Synonyms

Garrulax lineatus

The streaked laughingthrush (Trochalopteron lineatum) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is commonly found in the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent and some adjoining areas, ranging across Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, and Tajikistan.

Streaked laughingthrush

The subspecies imbricatum is usually considered a separates species, Bhutan laughingthrush.[1]

References

  1. ^ Rasmussen, Pamela C. and John C. Anderton (2005) Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide