Biology:Chestnut-eared laughingthrush

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Short description: Species of bird

Chestnut-eared laughingthrush
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Ianthocincla
Species:
I. konkakinhensis
Binomial name
Ianthocincla konkakinhensis
(Eames, J.C. & Eames, C., 2001)
Synonyms

Garrulax konkakinhensis

The chestnut-eared laughingthrush (Ianthocincla konkakinhensis) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Vietnam and possibly Laos.

This species measures 22 cm (8.7 in). This laughingthrush has boldly and irregularly barred black and white upperparts, a black-streaked grey forehead, chestnut ear-coverts, and a white-tipped tail with a broad black sub-terminal band.[1]

Endemic to Kon Tum Province, Vietnam, the only known site for this species is a small area in Kon Ka Kinh National Park[2] (which is also the origin of the species' scientific name). Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The chestnut-eared laughingthrush was originally placed in the genus Garrulax but following the publication of a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, it was moved to the resurrected genus Ianthocincla.[3][4]

References

  1. BirdLife species factsheet for Garrulax konkakinhensis
  2. "Chestnut-eared Laughingthrush". http://photo.birdwatchingvietnam.net/default.asp?ItemID=1610&CategoryID=950. 
  3. 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. 
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2019). "Laughingthrushes and allies". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/laughingthrushes/. 

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2235410 entry