Black laughingthrush

Species of bird

Black laughingthrush
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Timaliidae
Genus: Melanocichla
Species:
M. lugubris
Binomial name
Melanocichla lugubris
(S. Müller, 1836)

The black laughingthrush (Melanocichla lugubris) is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae. It is found in highland forests in the Thai-Malay Peninsula and on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Until recently, it usually included the bare-headed laughingthrush as a subspecies.

  • Displaying Gap Rest-House, Malaysia, Sept 1997

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International. (2016). "Garrulax lugubris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22715614A94461621. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22715614A94461621.en. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  • Black laughingthrush video on the Internet Bird Collection
Taxon identifiers
Melanocichla lugubris
Garrulax lugubris