Assam Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron chrysopterum · 红顶噪鹛

IUCN: Least Concern Found in China

Introduction

A species in the family Leiothrichidae, found in Northeast India and adjacent southwest China and Myanmar. Formerly regarded as a subspecies of the chestnut-crowned laughingthrush.

Distribution & Habitat

Found in Northeast India and adjacent southwest China and Myanmar.

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Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (asslau1) CBR v12.0 (#1033) Avibase

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.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Trochalopteron

Subspecies (5)

Trochalopteron chrysopterum ailaoshanense

southern China (Ailao Shan, Yunnan)
Trochalopteron chrysopterum chrysopterum

hill forest of southern Assam (south of the Brahmaputra River)
Trochalopteron chrysopterum erythrolaemum

eastern Manipur and southwestern Myanmar (Chin Hills and Arakan Mountains)
Trochalopteron chrysopterum godwini

hill forest of southeastern Assam (Barail Mountains)
Trochalopteron chrysopterum woodi

northeastern Myanmar (Kachin and Northern Shan State) and adjacent southwestern Yunnan

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (asslau1) CBR v12.0 (#1033) Avibase

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.

Introduction

Distribution & Habitat

Data Sources

Taxonomy

Subspecies (5)

Data Sources

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