Silver-eared Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron melanostigma) | Photos, Calls and ID

Least ConcernInvertebratesWoodlandCup nestMedium · 72 g

Silver-eared Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron melanostigma), photo 1 — Photo: Jason Thompson · CC BY 2.0

Silver-eared Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron melanostigma), photo 2 — Photo: JJ Harrison (jjharrison89@facebook.com) · CC BY 3.0

Silver-eared Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron melanostigma), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Silver-eared Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron melanostigma), photo 4 — Photo: (c) scaup, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Silver-eared Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron melanostigma), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Griha Hasanov, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Silver-eared Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron melanostigma), photo 6 — Photo: (c) dhfischer, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Silver-eared Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron melanostigma), photo 7 — Photo: (c) dhfischer, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Silver-eared Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron melanostigma), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Dan Vickers, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Silver-eared Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron melanostigma), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Guy Babineau, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Silver-eared Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron melanostigma), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Sevin Dee, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Silver-eared Laughingthrush

The silver-eared laughingthrush 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.

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Where the Silver-eared Laughingthrush lives

Regular range

Thailand Vietnam Myanmar (Burma) Laos China

When to see the Silver-eared Laughingthrush

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Peak activity in February · a winter visitor species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Blue-winged LaughingthrushTrochalopteron squamatumThe blue-winged laughingthrush is a bird in the family Leiothrichidae.

Elliot's LaughingthrushTrochalopteron elliotiiElliot's laughingthrush is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae.

Bhutan LaughingthrushTrochalopteron imbricatumThe Bhutan laughingthrush is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.

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