Bare-headed Laughingthrush
Melanocichla calva(Sharpe, RB, 1888)
English (US) Bare-headed Laughingthrush
The Bare-headed Laughingthrush (Melanocichla calva) 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 Timaliidae (Tree Babblers, Scimitar Babblers, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: highlands of northeastern BorneoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melanocichla calva
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Bare-headed Laughingthrush
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1888)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Allocotops calvus
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1888)
- Type locality
- Kina Balu, North Borneo.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.5, vol.6, no.24 p.389
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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