Lesser necklaced laughingthrush explained

The lesser necklaced laughingthrush (Garrulax monileger) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.

Distribution

It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Behavior and Ecology

Lesser necklaced laughingthrushes may be mimics of Greater necklaced laughingthrushes, the latter of which are dominant in mixed-species flocks.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Gosai . Kamal Raj . Zhou . Liping . Liu . Yang . Braun . Edward L. . Kimball . Rebecca T. . Robinson . Scott K. . Jiang . Aiwu . Goodale . Eben . 2024-04-10 . Investigating flock-associated mimicry: examining the evidence for, and drivers of, plumage mimicry in the greater and lesser necklaced laughingthrush . Royal Society Open Science . en . 11 . 4 . 10.1098/rsos.230976 . 2054-5703. 11004677 .