Biology:White-cheeked laughingthrush

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Short description: Species of bird

White-cheeked laughingthrush
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Pterorhinus
Species:
P. vassali
Binomial name
Pterorhinus vassali
(Ogilvie-Grant, 1906)
Synonyms

Ianthocincla vassali
Garrulax vassali

The white-cheeked laughingthrush (Pterorhinus vassali) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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

Wikidata ☰ Q1303285 entry