Black-throated laughingthrush explained
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. 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).[1] [2]
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, mostly at submontane to montane elevations.
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.[3] [4]
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Notes and References
- 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 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.07.005 . 22820021.
- Book: Liu. Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of Southeast China. 28 November 2014. John Beaufoy Publishers Ltd.. 978-1909612235. etal.
- 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 . 10.1111/zsc.12296 . 51883434 .
- Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2023. Laughingthrushes and allies . World Bird List version 13.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 10 December 2023.
