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ForestMedium · 79 g
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The adult white-necked laughingthrush is about 32 cm (13 in) long and has a chestnut crown, a brownish-black face and throat and a rather diffuse white collar separating these from the body. The general plumage is a pale brownish-grey. The iris is dark, and the bill and legs are grey. It has a distinctive laughing call. It resembles the grey laughingthrush (Garrulax maesi) apart from the darker head.
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When to see the White-necked Laughingthrush
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the White-necked Laughingthrush
The map shades 2 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Laos.
About the White-necked Laughingthrush
The white-necked laughingthrush is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Yunnan, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
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Easily confused with
Rufous-cheeked LaughingthrushGarrulax castanotisThe rufous-cheeked laughingthrush is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
Spot-breasted LaughingthrushGarrulax merulinusThe spot-breasted laughingthrush is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
Cambodian LaughingthrushGarrulax ferrariusThe Cambodian laughingthrush is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
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