Palani Laughingthrush
Montecincla fairbanki(Blanford, WT, 1869)
English (US) Palani Laughingthrush
The Palani Laughingthrush (Montecincla fairbanki) 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: southern India (Palni and Anaimalai hills and northern Kerala)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Montecincla fairbanki
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Palani Laughingthrush
- Described by
- (Blanford, WT, 1869)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochalopteron Fairbanki
- Described by
- (Blanford, WT, 1869)
- Type locality
- Palni Hills, southern India.
- Original description
- Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 38, pt.2, no.3 p.175-177, pl. 17a
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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