Greater necklaced laughingthrush explained

The greater necklaced laughingthrush (Pterorhinus pectoralis) is a species of passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam. It is introduced to the United States. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

This species was formerly 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.^[1] ^[2]

Behavior and ecology

In mixed-species foraging flocks, greater necklaced laughingthrushes tend to be dominant. Mimicry in lesser necklaced laughingthrushes of greater necklaced laughingthrushes may have been selected for as a result.^[3]

Notes and References

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 . 2019 . Laughingthrushes and allies . World Bird List Version 9.1 . International Ornithologists' Union . 18 January 2019 .
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 .