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The variegated laughingthrush is a medium-sized laughingthrush typically 24-26 centimeters in length and weighs 57-79 grams. Both subspecies have a black stripe down the center of the throat and are overall olive and buffy in appearance. The large tail has a gray subterminal band with a white tip. The color of the outer rectrices vary based on the subspecies. T. v. variegatum has distinctive yellow primary and secondary feathers with cinnamon-tipped greater coverts and black primary coverts. T. v. variegatum has yellow outer rectrices.
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When to see the Variegated Laughingthrush
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Variegated Laughingthrush
The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Variegated Laughingthrush
The variegated laughingthrush is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is endemic to the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, primarily the low-to-mid altitudes of the Himalayas. It ranges across Bhutan, India, Nepal and Tibet.
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Easily confused with
Black-faced LaughingthrushTrochalopteron affineThe black-faced laughingthrush is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae.
Elliot's LaughingthrushTrochalopteron elliotiiElliot's laughingthrush is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae.
Silver-eared LaughingthrushTrochalopteron melanostigmaThe silver-eared laughingthrush is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
Side by side: Variegated Laughingthrush vs White-whiskered Laughingthrush
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