Spot-breasted Laughingthrush
Garrulax merulinus
斑胸噪鹛
Introduction
A species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. Found in Yunnan, Northeast India, Laos, Myanmar, north-west Thailand, and northern Vietnam. Inhabits subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The orange-breasted laughingthrush (S. annamensis) of south-central Vietnam was formerly regarded as a subspecies but is now treated as a separate species.
Distribution & Habitat
Range extends through Yunnan, Northeast India, Laos, Myanmar, north-west Thailand, and northern Vietnam. Inhabits subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Leiothrichidae
- Genus
- Garrulax
- eBird Code
- spblau1
Subspecies (3)
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Garrulax merulinus laoensis
northwestern Thailand
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Garrulax merulinus merulinus
northeastern India, northern and western Myanmar, and western Yunnan (southeastern China)
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Garrulax merulinus obscurus
southern China and northern Indochina
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.