Banasura Laughingthrush
Montecincla jerdoni(Blyth, E, 1851)
English (US) Banasura Laughingthrush
The Banasura Laughingthrush (Montecincla jerdoni) 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: hill forest of southwestern India (Western Ghats in Coorg region)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Montecincla jerdoni
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Banasura Laughingthrush
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1851)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Garrulax (?) Jerdoni
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1851)
- Type locality
- southern India; type from Balasore Peak, 'a high hill at the edge of the Ghats separating Malabar from the Wynaad,' fide Jerdon, 1863, Birds India, 2, p. 50.
- Original description
- Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 20, no.6 p.522
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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