Silver-eared Laughingthrush
Trochalopteron melanostigma
银耳噪鹛
Introduction
A species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in southern Yunnan (China), Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. The species was formerly considered a subspecies of the chestnut-crowned laughingthrush (Trochalopteron erythrocephalus).
Distribution & Habitat
Found in southern Yunnan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Leiothrichidae
- Genus
- Trochalopteron
- eBird Code
- sielau1
Subspecies (5)
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Trochalopteron melanostigma connectans
mountains of northwestern Tonkin and northeastern Laos
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Trochalopteron melanostigma melanostigma
southeastern Myanmar (Southern Shan State) to high mountains of northwestern Thailand
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Trochalopteron melanostigma ramsayi
southern Myanmar (Karenni State and Tavoy District)
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Trochalopteron melanostigma schistaceum
mountains of eastern Myanmar and northwestern Thailand
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Trochalopteron melanostigma subconnectens
mountains of northeastern Thailand (Doi Phu Kha)
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.