Wildlifeof India
Assam Laughingthrush
Babblers, Laughingthrushes & White-eyes
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Trochalopteron chrysopterum
Basic stats
Diet
Invertebrates (SoIB guild)
Habitat
Forest
Range
North-east India and adjacent south-west China and Myanmar
The Assam laughingthrush is a bird of the family Leiothrichidae found in north-east India and adjacent south-west China and Myanmar. It was formerly regarded as a subspecies of the chestnut-crowned laughingthrush (Wikipedia, general species account).
The cached account is two sentences and gives no description, measurements, diet, habitat or breeding information. SoIB 2023 treats it as an Eastern Himalayan endemic and rates it a Moderate conservation priority, a resident forest bird that eats invertebrates, with a Restricted range of about 17,900 km² and insufficient data on trends (Wikipedia, general species account; SoIB 2023).
Quick answers
- What does the Assam Laughingthrush eat?
- Invertebrates (SoIB guild)
- What habitat does the Assam Laughingthrush live in?
- Forest
- Where is the Assam Laughingthrush found?
- North-east India and adjacent south-west China and Myanmar