Biology:Sunda laughingthrush
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Short description: Species of bird
| Sunda laughingthrush | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Leiothrichidae |
| Genus: | Garrulax |
| Species: | G. palliatus
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| Garrulax palliatus (Bonaparte, 1850)
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The Sunda laughingthrush (Garrulax palliatus) is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia.[2]
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by human activity such as hunting, logging, and trapping.[2]
Description
The length of its body is characterized as medium size, about 24–25cm.
Diet
The Sunda laughingthrush primarily eats insects (including beetles, moths, and caterpillars) and seeds.[3]
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized:[4]
- Garrulax palliatus palliatus is native to the island of Sumatra, mostly in montane rain forests from 850 to 2,200 meters elevation.
- Garrulax palliatus schistochlamys is native to Borneo (Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei), mostly in montane rain forest, and sometimes in submontane hill forest, from 300 to 2,010 meters elevation.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2020). "Garrulax palliatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T22715589A176388838. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22715589A176388838.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22715589/176388838. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". https://www.iucnredlist.org/en.
- ↑ "Sunda Laughingthrush (Garrulax palliatus)" (in en). http://www.hbw.com/species/sunda-laughingthrush-garrulax-palliatus.
- ↑ BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Garrulax palliatus. Birdlife International. Accessed 6 March 2023.
Wikidata ☰ Q2667868 entry
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