White‑crested Laughingthrush Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Garrulax monileger
Family : Leiothrichidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Evergreen forest
Description : The White-crested Laughingthrush is a large olive-brown passerine with a distinctive white crest (length 28 cm, weight 117 g, wing 13 cm, bill 3 cm, tarsus 4.8 cm, tail 13 cm). It looks warm brown all over except for its remarkable white peaked and crested crown, throat and upper breast. It has a rufous collar band, chestnut mantle, dark olive-brown wings and long brown tail lacking any white. Its prominent eye-stripe from the lores to the ear-coverts is jet black giving a masked appearance. It has reddish-brown irises, pale bluish-slate orbital skin, black bill, plumbeous or dull black legs and feet, dark horn claws and yellowish-grey sole. The male and the female look alike. It feeds on insects, small reptiles, seeds, berries and nectar. It breeds in March-September.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Pomatorhinus hypoleucos
(Spot‑breasted Scimitar-babbler) -
Paradoxornis guttaticollis
(White-breasted (Greater Rufous‑headed) Parrotbill) -
Argya caudata
(Striated Babbler) -
Phylloscopus castaniceps
(Greenish Warbler) -
Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
(Slaty‑bellied Tesia) -
Cettia castaneocoronata
(Asian Stubtail) -
Tesia cyaniventer
(Chestnut-crowned Bush-warbler) -
Phyllergates cuculatus
(Brownish‑flanked Bush-warbler) -
Alcippe poioicephala
(Nepal Fulvetta) -
Graminicola bengalensis
(Brown‑cheeked Fulvetta)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills
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Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters
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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
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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
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Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby
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Flamingo
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Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch
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Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths
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Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes
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Nightjars -
Barn-owls
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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;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: robbythai (www.inaturalist.org/people/robbythai ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Somkiat Pakapinyo (Chai)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;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: robbythai (www.inaturalist.org/people/robbythai ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Somkiat Pakapinyo (Chai)more information, please contact us.