Wildlifeof India
Grey-sided Laughingthrush
Babblers, Laughingthrushes & White-eyes
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Pterorhinus caerulatus
Basic stats
Diet
Omnivore (SoIB guild)
Habitat
Subtropical or tropical moist montane forest
Range
Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar and Nepal; introduced to the Hawaiian Islands
The grey-sided laughingthrush is a bird of the family Leiothrichidae found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar and Nepal, and introduced to the Hawaiian Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It was formerly placed in Garrulax but moved to the resurrected genus Pterorhinus after a 2018 molecular phylogenetic study (Wikipedia, general species account).
The cached account gives no description, measurements, diet or breeding information. SoIB 2023 treats it as an Eastern Himalayan endemic and rates it a Moderate conservation priority, a resident forest bird and omnivore with a Restricted range of about 20,400 km² and insufficient data on trends (Wikipedia, general species account; SoIB 2023).
Quick answers
- What does the Grey-sided Laughingthrush eat?
- Omnivore (SoIB guild)
- What habitat does the Grey-sided Laughingthrush live in?
- Subtropical or tropical moist montane forest
- Where is the Grey-sided Laughingthrush found?
- Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar and Nepal; introduced to the Hawaiian Islands