Yellow-throated Laughingthrush
Pterorhinus galbanus
黄喉噪鹛
Introduction
A passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae. Inhabits grassy areas with bushes and trees, scrub, and forest in the Patkai mountain range. Formerly placed in the genus Garrulax, it was moved to the resurrected genus Pterorhinus following a molecular phylogenetic study in 2018. Until recently, it was considered conspecific with the blue-crowned laughingthrush, from which it differs in crown coloration.
Description
Crown is pale grey (not bluish as in the blue-crowned laughingthrush). No additional plumage or size details provided in the source material.
Identification
Very similar to the blue-crowned laughingthrush but distinguished by crown coloration: the yellow-throated laughingthrush has a pale grey crown whereas the blue-crowned laughingthrush has a bluish crown.
Distribution & Habitat
Endemic to the Patkai mountain range. Inhabits grassy areas with bushes and trees, scrub, and forest habitats.
Behavior & Ecology
No behavioral information available in the source material.
Conservation
No conservation information available in the source material.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Leiothrichidae
- Genus
- Pterorhinus
- eBird Code
- yetlau1
Distribution
southeastern Assam (Manipur and Mizo Hills) to western Myanmar
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.