Silver-eared laughingthrush

The silver-eared laughingthrush (Trochalopteron melanostigma) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in southern Yunnan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the chestnut-crowned laughingthrush, G. erythrocephalus.

Silver-eared laughingthrush
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Trochalopteron
Species:
T. melanostigma
Binomial name
Trochalopteron melanostigma
(Blyth, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Garrulax erythrocephalus melanostigma
  • Garrulax melanostigma

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Garrulax melanostigma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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