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ForestCup nestMedium · 80 g
What the Red-tailed Laughingthrush sounds like
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The red-tailed laughingthrush has an overall length of about 26–28 cm (10–11 in) and a weight of about 66–93 g (2.3–3.3 oz). It is dull ochrous-grey, with a bright rufous-chestnut crown and a blackish face, with whitish ear-coverts. Wings and tail are crimson. The sexes are similar.
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When to see the Red-tailed Laughingthrush
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Red-tailed Laughingthrush
The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Myanmar (Burma).
About the Red-tailed Laughingthrush
The red-tailed laughingthrush is a species of bird in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae. It is found in the montane forests of Myanmar, Laos, southern China and central Vietnam.
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Easily confused with
Striped LaughingthrushTrochalopteron virgatumThe striped laughingthrush is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
Brown-cheeked LaughingthrushTrochalopteron henriciThe brown-cheeked laughingthrush is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
Red-winged LaughingthrushTrochalopteron formosumThe red-winged laughingthrush is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae.
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