Yellow‑throated Laughingthrush Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Garrulax ruficollis
Family : Leiothrichidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Evergreen forest
Description : The Yellow-throated Laughingthrush is a medium sized passerine with a greyish brown back, black mask and yellow belly (length 23 cm, weight 56 g, wing 9.4 cm, bill 2 cm, tarsus 3.5 cm, tail 11 cm). It has an ashy-brown crown and nape, the back and wings are pale olive-brown with grey primaries, and the longish graduated tail is grey with a broad black sub terminal band and white tip. It has a black mask extending over the lores, ear-coverts and chin. The underparts are pale yellow washed olive on the flanks and whiter on the undertail-coverts. It has pinkish-brown to reddish-brown irises, blue orbital skin, strong black bill, blackish-grey legs and feet. The male and the female look alike. It feeds on insects, small vertebrates and seeds. It breeds in April-June. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Phylloscopus tristis
(Siberian Chiffchaff) -
Phylloscopus humei
(Hume's Leaf-warbler) -
Gampsorhynchus rufulus
(Rufous-vented Grass-babbler (Prinia)) -
Stachyris nigriceps
(Chestnut‑capped Babbler) -
Pomatorhinus mcclellandi
(Grey‑throated Babbler) -
Timalia pileata
(Pin-striped Tit-babbler) -
Laticilla burnesii
(Puff‑throated Babbler) -
Turdinus brevicaudata
(Indian Grass-babbler (Rufous‑rumped Grassbird)) -
Phylloscopus castaniceps
(Greenish Warbler) -
Argya caudata
(Striated Babbler)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;more information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;more information, please contact us.