Black-faced laughingthrush

The black-faced laughingthrush (Trochalopteron affine) is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae.

Black-faced laughingthrush
Photographed from East Sikkim, India

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Trochalopteron
Species:
T. affine
Binomial name
Trochalopteron affine
Blyth, 1843
Synonyms

Garrulax affinis

It is found in the Eastern Himalayas. Its range extends from eastern Nepal eastwards to Arunachal Pradesh in India and further to Myanmar, along with Bhutan and southeastern Tibet. Small disjunct populations also exist in continental Southeast Asia.

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