Species of Thailand
Black laughingthrush
Melanocichla lugubris
Salomon Müller, 1835
In Thai: นกกะรางดำ
The black laughingthrush (Melanocichla lugubris) is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae. It is found in highland forests in the Thai-Malay Peninsula and on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Until recently, it usually included the bare-headed laughingthrush as a subspecies.
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Category / Seasonal Status
Wiki listed status (concerning Thai population): Rare in far south
BCST Category: Recorded in an apparently wild state within the last 50 years
BCST Seasonal status: Resident or presumed resident
Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Timaliidae
- Genus
- Melanocichla
- Species
- Melanocichla lugubris
Common names
- Thai: นกกะรางดำ
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
Photos
Range Map
- Bang Lang National Park
- Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary
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