Brown-cheeked laughingthrush

The brown-cheeked laughingthrush (Trochalopteron henrici) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in southwestern China and northeastern India.[1]

Brown-cheeked laughingthrush

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Trochalopteron
Species:
T. henrici
Binomial name
Trochalopteron henrici
Oustalet, 1892
Synonyms

Garrulax henrici (Oustalet, 1892)

The specific name of this bird commemorates Prince Henri of Orléans.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Garrulax henrici". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T22715744A39598816. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T22715744A39598816.en.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Birds? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 274.
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