Plain laughingthrush explained

The plain laughingthrush or Père David's laughingthrush (Pterorhinus davidi) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is endemic to central and northeastern China. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

Taxonomy

The plain laughingthrush was described by the English zoologist Robert Swinhoe in 1868 from a specimen collected in Beijing, China. He coined the binomial name Pterorhinus davidi.^[1] The specific epithet honours the French missionary Armand David (1826-1900) who worked in China between 1858 and 1874.^{[1] [2]} This species was normally placed in the genus Garrulax but following the publication of a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, the genus Pterorhinus was resurrected and plain laughingthrush was returned to its original genus.^{[3] [4]}

Vocalization

Males use quiet songs to signify aggressive intent.^[5]

External links

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Notes and References

1. Swinhoe . Robert . Robert Swinhoe . 1868 . Ornithological notes from Amoy . Ibis . 2nd Series . 4 . 52–65 [60–62] . 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1868.tb06100.x .
2. Web site: Jobling . J.A. . 2018 . Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology . del Hoyo . J. . Elliott . A. . Sargatal . J. . Christie . D.A. . de Juana . E. . Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive . Lynx Edicions . 19 January 2019 .
3. 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 .
4. 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 .
5. Liu . Pengfei . Lloyd . Huw . Lou . Yingqiang . Sun . Yuehua . 2022-10-05 . Soft song provokes stronger aggressive responses than broadcast song in the Plain Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus davidi) . Ibis . 165 . 2 . 561–570 . 10.1111/ibi.13141 . 0019-1019.