Biology:Buffy laughingthrush

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Short description: Bird in the family Leiothrichidae from China

Buffy laughingthrush
Buffy laughingthrush - Huangshan Mountain 2014-04-26.jpg
in Huangshan
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Pterorhinus
Species:
P. berthemyi
Binomial name
Pterorhinus berthemyi
(Oustalet, 1876)
Synonyms

Garrulax poecilorhynchus berthemyi
Ianthocincla berthemyi
Garrulax berthemyi

The buffy laughingthrush (Pterorhinus berthemyi), also known as the chestnut-winged laughingthrush is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in the China mainland. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the rusty laughingthrush, P. poecilorhynchus; a species restricted to Taiwan following the split. Compared to the rusty laughingthrush, the buffy laughingthrush has paler grey underparts, more contrasting rufous wings, broader white tips to the tail, and distinct black lores.

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.[1][2]

References

  1. 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. 
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2023). "Laughingthrushes and allies". World Bird List. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/laughingthrushes/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q110257326 entry