Chestnut-crowned laughingthrush
| Chestnut-crowned laughingthrush | |
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| Near Pangot of Nainital district, Uttarakhand, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Leiothrichidae |
| Genus: | Trochalopteron |
| Species: | T. erythrocephalum
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| Binomial name | |
| Trochalopteron erythrocephalum (Vigors, 1832)
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| Synonyms | |
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Garrulax erythrocephalus | |
The chestnut-crowned laughingthrush (Trochalopteron erythrocephalum) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal.
The silver-eared laughingthrush, formerly included as a subspecies, is now[1] usually regarded as a separate species.
References
- ^ Rasmussen, Pamela C. and John C. Anderton (2005) Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide
- BirdLife International 2004. Garrulax erythrocephalus[permanent dead link]. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.