Striated Laughingthrush (Grammatoptila striata) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernInvertebrates

ForestCup nestMedium · 92 g

Striated Laughingthrush (Grammatoptila striata), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Morten Ross, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Striated Laughingthrush (Grammatoptila striata), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Ramnarayan K, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Striated Laughingthrush (Grammatoptila striata), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Jagdish Singh Negi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Striated Laughingthrush (Grammatoptila striata), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Maya Lodhiyal, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Striated Laughingthrush (Grammatoptila striata), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Jay Pruett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Striated Laughingthrush (Grammatoptila striata), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Jagdish Singh Negi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Striated Laughingthrush (Grammatoptila striata), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Jagdish Singh Negi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Striated Laughingthrush (Grammatoptila striata), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Jagdish Singh Negi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

When to see the Striated Laughingthrush

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Striated 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 Myanmar (Burma)

About the Striated Laughingthrush

The striated laughingthrush is a passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It was at one time placed in the genus Garrulax but following the publication of a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, it was moved to be the only species in the resurrected genus Grammatoptila.

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Easily confused with

Chestnut-crowned LaughingthrushTrochalopteron erythrocephalumThe chestnut-crowned laughingthrush is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.

White-throated LaughingthrushPterorhinus albogularisThe white-throated laughingthrush is a species of passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae.

Rufous BabblerArgya subrufaThis babbler is large and dark olive brown above with a grey forehead.

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