Biology:Striated laughingthrush

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Short description: Species of bird

Striated laughingthrush
Striated Laughingthrush Garrulax striatus by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSCN2980 (2).jpg
in Nainital district, Uttarakhand, India
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Grammatoptila
Reichenbach, 1850
Species:
G. striata
Binomial name
Grammatoptila striata
(Vigors, 1831)

The striated laughingthrush (Grammatoptila striata) is a passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It was at one time placed in the genus Garrulax but following the publication of a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, it was moved to be the only species in the resurrected genus Grammatoptila.[1][2]

subspecies Grammatoptila striata cranbrooki from Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India .

It is found in the northern temperate regions of the Indian subcontinent and ranges across Bhutan, India , Myanmar, Tibet and Nepal. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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 (2019). "Laughingthrushes and allies". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/laughingthrushes/. 

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