Chestnut-backed Laughingthrush
Pterorhinus nuchalis(Godwin-Austen, HH, 1876)
English (US) Chestnut-backed Laughingthrush
The Chestnut-backed Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus nuchalis) 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: lowlands of northeastern India (Arunachal Pradesh) to northern MyanmarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pterorhinus nuchalis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Chestnut-backed Laughingthrush
- Described by
- (Godwin-Austen, HH, 1876)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Garrulax nuchalis
- Described by
- (Godwin-Austen, HH, 1876)
- Type locality
- Lhota, Naga Hills, Assam.
- Original description
- The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.4, vol.18, no.107 p.411
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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