Grey-sided Laughingthrush | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Timaliidae |
Genus: | Garrulax (disputed) |
Species: | G. caerulatus |
Binomial name | |
Garrulax caerulatus (Hodgson, 1836) |
The Grey-sided Laughingthrush (Garrulax caerulatus) is a bird species in the Old World babbler family (Timaliidae). In the proposed rearrangement of the laughingthrushes, it is placed in the genus Dryonastes.
It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, and the Hawaiian Islands (where it was introduced). Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.