Rufous-necked Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus ruficollis) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Rufous-necked Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus ruficollis), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Rejoice Gassah, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rufous-necked Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus ruficollis), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Tristan Jobin, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rufous-necked Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus ruficollis), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Rejoice Gassah, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rufous-necked Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus ruficollis), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Morten Ross, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rufous-necked Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus ruficollis), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Rejoice Gassah, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rufous-necked Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus ruficollis), photo 10 — Photo: (c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Rufous-necked Laughingthrush sounds like

Sonogram of the Rufous-necked Laughingthrush: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Ujjal Kishor De · Call, duet · Ambedkar College, fatikroy, Unakoti, Tripura, India · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The rufous-necked laughingthrush is actually not a thrush but a species of babbler, it is roughly 22–27 centimetres (8.7–10.6 in) in length and weighs anywhere between 51–73 grams (1.8–2.6 oz). The rufous-necked laughingthrush as its name implies has a rustic color around its neck. overall the bird is grey with a black face and its rufous neck. Due to the fact that they are non migratory birds this means that they molt very slowly which means that they look the same as young birds than as older birds. Voice: The vocalization of this laughingthrush is a series of small chirps that ramble in out of order note calls which resemble mocking bird calls that simulate some babbling or laughing as the name describes. Its quick whip calls are easily recognizable especially in larger flocks of feeding groups.

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When to see the Rufous-necked 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-necked Laughingthrush

Regular range

The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

India Bhutan China Nepal Bangladesh Myanmar (Burma)

About the Rufous-necked Laughingthrush

The rufous-necked laughingthrush is a bird species in the laughingthrush family, Leiothrichidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar and Nepal, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Little study was done on this species due to its abundance and lack of interest in its conservation.

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Easily confused with

Chestnut-capped LaughingthrushPterorhinus mitratusThe chestnut-capped laughingthrush, also known as the spectacled laughingthrush, is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.

Plain LaughingthrushPterorhinus davidiThe bird is distinguished by its curved bill and greyish-brown color with no defined markings, other than some faint mottling on the front.

Grey-sided LaughingthrushPterorhinus caerulatusThe grey-sided laughingthrush is a species of passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae.

Side by side: Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush vs Rufous-necked Laughingthrush · Plain Laughingthrush vs Rufous-necked Laughingthrush

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