Wildlifeof India
Rufous-vented Laughingthrush
Babblers, Laughingthrushes & White-eyes
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Pterorhinus gularis
Basic stats
Diet
Invertebrates (SoIB guild)
Habitat
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland and montane forest
Range
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam
The rufous-vented laughingthrush is a bird of the family Leiothrichidae found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, in subtropical or tropical moist lowland and montane forest. It was formerly placed in Garrulax but was moved to the resurrected genus Pterorhinus after a 2018 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 High conservation priority, a resident forest bird with a Very Restricted range of about 4,160 km² and insufficient data on trends (Wikipedia, general species account; SoIB 2023).
Quick answers
- What does the Rufous-vented Laughingthrush eat?
- Invertebrates (SoIB guild)
- What habitat does the Rufous-vented Laughingthrush live in?
- Subtropical or tropical moist lowland and montane forest
- Where is the Rufous-vented Laughingthrush found?
- Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam