Grey-sided Laughingthrush
Pterorhinus caerulatus(Hodgson, BH, 1836)
English (US) Gray-sided Laughingthrush
UK name: Grey-sided Laughingthrush
The Grey-sided Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus caerulatus) 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.
- Scientific name
- Pterorhinus caerulatus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-sided Laughingthrush
- English (UK)
- Grey-sided Laughingthrush
- Described by
- (Hodgson, BH, 1836)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Pterorhinus caerulatus caerulatus
- Pterorhinus caerulatus subcaerulatus
- Pterorhinus caerulatus livingstoni
- Pterorhinus caerulatus kaurensis
- Pterorhinus caerulatus latifrons
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Cinc[losoma] Caerulatus
- Described by
- (Hodgson, BH, 1836)
- Type locality
- Nepal.
- Original description
- Asiatic Researches; or, Transactions of the Society instituted in Bengal, for enquiring into the history, the antiquities, the arts and sciences, and literature of Asia 19 p.147
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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White-throated Laughingthrush
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Rufous-crowned Laughingthrush
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Buffy Laughingthrush
Pterorhinus berthemyi
Rusty Laughingthrush
Pterorhinus poecilorhynchus
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