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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Leiothrichidae.

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Examples

  • There are ten breeding species for which Nepal may hold internationally significant populations including Bengal florican Houbaropsis bengalensis (E) and rufous-necked laughing-thrush Garrulax ruficollis.

    Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal 2009

  • These include Mikado pheasant (Syrmaticus mikado), collared bush-robin (Tarsiger johnstoniae), white-whiskered laughingthrush (Garrulax morrisonianus), and flamecrest (Regulus goodfellowi).

    Taiwan subtropical evergreen forests 2008

  • Of the endemic species, 10 are considered threatened, including the green-billed coucal (Centropus chlororhynchos, VU), the Sri Lanka whistling thrush (Myiophonus blighi, EN) and rufous-breasted laughingthrush (Garrulax cachinnans, EN).

    Biological diversity in the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka 2008

  • Birds considered to be endangered or rare are Sri Lanka wood pigeon Columba torringtoni, green-billed coucal Centropus chlororhynchus, Sri Lanka white-headed starling Sturnus senex, Sri Lanka blue magpie Cissa ornata, and ashy-headed babbler Garrulax cinereifrons, all of which are endemic, and red-faced malkoha Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus.

    Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka 2008

  • White-speckled laughingthrushes (Garrulax bieti) occur in bamboo at elevations above 3,000 m in the Yunnan-Sichuan border regions.

    Yunnan Plateau subtropical evergreen forests 2008

  • Of the more than 600 bird species occurring in the hotspot, only a single bird species is endemic – the white-speckled laughingthrush (Garrulax bieti, VU).

    Biological diversity in the mountains of Southwest China 2008

  • This ecoregion contains three endemic bird species: the striped laughingthrush (Garrulax virgatus), brown-capped laughingthrush (Garrulax austeni), and white-browed nuthatch (Sitta victoriae) (Table 1).

    Chin Hills-Arakan Yoma montane forests 2007

  • The white-throated laughing-thrush (_Garrulax albigularis_) is a handsome bird larger than a myna.

    Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

  • This is the Eastern counterpart of the white-throated laughing-thrush (_Garrulax albigularis_).

    Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

  • Looking up I was astonished to see a nest in a fork of the bamboo, and on the nest a _Garrulax_ who, probably too busy with her maternal duties to watch the performance going on below her attentively, came in with

    The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870

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