Black Laughingthrush
Melanocichla lugubris(Müller, S, 1836)
English (US) Black Laughingthrush
The Black Laughingthrush (Melanocichla lugubris) 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 Malay Peninsula and western SumatraRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melanocichla lugubris
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black Laughingthrush
- Described by
- (Müller, S, 1836)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Timalia lugubris
- Described by
- (Müller, S, 1836)
- Type locality
- Sumatra.
- Original description
- Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie 2, pt.3 p.344 pl.V [=IX] fig.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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