Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush (Ianthocincla rufogularis) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernInvertebrates

Forest63 g

Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush (Ianthocincla rufogularis), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Mathieu Soetens, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush (Ianthocincla rufogularis), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Mathieu Soetens, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush (Ianthocincla rufogularis), photo 4 — Photo: (c) egorbirder, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush (Ianthocincla rufogularis), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Johannes S., some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush (Ianthocincla rufogularis), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Ramnarayan K, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush (Ianthocincla rufogularis), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Ramnarayan K, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush (Ianthocincla rufogularis), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Ramnarayan K, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush (Ianthocincla rufogularis), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Maya Lodhiyal, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush (Ianthocincla rufogularis), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Brodie Cass Talbott, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

This mid-sized laughingthrush is found along the Himalayas and can be identified by the combination of the black cap and band on the brown tail. The underparts are greyish while the upperparts have scale like feather patterning. A distinctive pale loreal patch of buff colour and a broad dark moustachial stripe which borders the rufous chin and ear coverts are identifying features. There is however considerable geographic variation in plumage. The western population (occidentalis of western and central Himalayas) being greyer and paler making the dark patterns stand out in greater contrast.

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When to see the Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

India Bhutan Nepal China Vietnam

About the Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush

The rufous-chinned laughingthrush is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae. It ranges across the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent and some parts of Southeast Asia.

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Easily confused with

Spotted LaughingthrushIanthocincla ocellataThe spotted laughingthrush is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae.

Giant LaughingthrushIanthocincla maximaThe giant laughingthrush is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae. Barred LaughingthrushIanthocincla lunulataThe barred laughingthrush is a passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae.

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