Giant Laughingthrush
Ianthocincla maxima(Verreaux, JP, 1871)
English (US) Giant Laughingthrush
The Giant Laughingthrush (Ianthocincla maxima) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Leiothrichidae (Laughingthrushes and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: mountains of southeastern Tibet to southern China (southern Gansu, western Sichuan, and northwestern Yunnan)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ianthocincla maxima
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Giant Laughingthrush
- Described by
- (Verreaux, JP, 1871)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pterorhinus maximus
- Described by
- (Verreaux, JP, 1871)
- Type locality
- 'les montagnes du Thibet chinois' ; types from Muping [= Paohing] , Hsikang, fide Verreaux, 1871.
- Original description
- Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, Bulletin 6, fasc.4 p.36 pl.3 fig.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush
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Ianthocincla rufogularis
Chestnut-eared Laughingthrush
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Moustached Laughingthrush
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Spotted Laughingthrush
Ianthocincla ocellata
White-speckled Laughingthrush
Ianthocincla bieti
Barred Laughingthrush
Ianthocincla lunulata
Wayanad Laughingthrush
Pterorhinus delesserti
Rufous-vented Laughingthrush
Pterorhinus gularis
White-cheeked Laughingthrush
Pterorhinus vassali
Yellow-throated Laughingthrush
Pterorhinus galbanus
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