Spotted laughingthrush

Spotted laughingthrush
Garrulax ocellatus ocellatus from Pangolakha WLS, East Sikkim, India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Garrulax
Species: G. ocellatus
Binomial name
Garrulax ocellatus
(Vigors, 1831)
Synonyms

Ianthocincla ocellata

Spotted Laughingthrush (Garrulax ocellatus) in undergrowth of a mixed cold temperate Himalayan Forest, about 2250 meters above sea level, in Sarmoli Village, Munsiari, District Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand.

The spotted laughingthrush (Garrulax ocellatus) is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae. In the proposed rearrangement of the laughingthrushes, it is sometimes placed in the genus Ianthocincla, as I. ocellata. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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