Rusty Laughingthrush
Pterorhinus poecilorhynchus
台湾棕噪鹛
IUCN: Least Concern
Found in China
Introduction
Species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. Endemic to Taiwan. Formerly included the buffy laughingthrush of mainland China as a subspecies. Following molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, it was moved from genus Garrulax to the resurrected genus Pterorhinus.
Identification
Differs from the buffy laughingthrush in having darker grey underparts, less contrasting rufous wings, narrower white tips to the tail, and lacking distinct black lores.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Leiothrichidae
- Genus
- Pterorhinus
- eBird Code
- ruslau1
Distribution
mountains of Taiwan
Vocalizations
Tatsutomo Chin · CC_BY_4_0
Redbird Wu · CC0_1_0
呂一起(Lu i-chi) · CC_BY_4_0
Jono · CC_BY_4_0
Redbird Wu · CC0_1_0
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.