Greater necklaced laughingthrush

Greater necklaced laughingthrush
In Thailand
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Leiothrichidae
Genus:	Pterorhinus
Species:	P. pectoralis
Binomial name
Pterorhinus pectoralis (Gould, 1836)
Synonyms
Ianthocincla pectoralis Garrulax pectoralis

The greater necklaced laughingthrush (Pterorhinus pectoralis) is a species of passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam. It is introduced to the United States. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

This species was formerly placed in the genus Garrulax but following the publication of a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, it was moved to the resurrected genus Pterorhinus.^[2][3]

Behavior and ecology

In mixed-species foraging flocks, greater necklaced laughingthrushes tend to be dominant. Mimicry in lesser necklaced laughingthrushes of greater necklaced laughingthrushes may have been selected for as a result.^[4]

Gallery

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  At San Diego Zoo

References

1. BirdLife International (2012). "Garrulax pectoralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)
2. Cibois, A.; Gelang, M.; Alström, P.; Pasquet, E.; Fjeldså, J.; Ericson, P.G.P.; Olsson, U. (2018). "Comprehensive phylogeny of the laughingthrushes and allies (Aves, Leiothrichidae) and a proposal for a revised taxonomy". Zoologica Scripta. 47 (4): 428–440. doi:10.1111/zsc.12296. S2CID 51883434.
3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Laughingthrushes and allies". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
4. Gosai, Kamal Raj; Zhou, Liping; Liu, Yang; Braun, Edward L.; Kimball, Rebecca T.; Robinson, Scott K.; Jiang, Aiwu; Goodale, Eben (2024-04-10). "Investigating flock-associated mimicry: examining the evidence for, and drivers of, plumage mimicry in the greater and lesser necklaced laughingthrush". Royal Society Open Science. 11 (4). doi:10.1098/rsos.230976. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 11004677.

External links

• Media related to Pterorhinus pectoralis at Wikimedia Commons