Species of Thailand
Spot-breasted laughingthrush
Stactocichla merulina
Edward Blyth, 1851
In Thai: นกกะรางอกลาย
The spot-breasted laughingthrush (Garrulax merulinus) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Yunnan, Northeast India, Laos, Myanmar, north-west Thailand, and northern Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
The orange-breasted laughingthrush (S. annamensis) of south-central Vietnam was formerly regarded as a subspecies of this bird but is now often treated as a separate species.
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Category / Seasonal Status
Wiki listed status (concerning Thai population): Very rare
BCST Category: Recorded in an apparently wild state within the last 50 years
BCST Seasonal status: Resident or presumed resident
Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Leiothrichidae
- Genus
- Stactocichla
- Species
- Stactocichla merulina
Common names
- Thai: นกกะรางอกลาย
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
Vulnerable (ONEP)
Photos
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Range Map
- Doi Lang
- Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park