Masked Laughingthrush
Pterorhinus perspicillatus(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Masked Laughingthrush
The Masked Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus perspicillatus) 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: lowland scrub of southern China to IndochinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pterorhinus perspicillatus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Masked Laughingthrush
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- [Turdus] perspicillatus
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- China; restricted to Amoy, Fukien, by Meinertzhagen, 1928, Ibis, p. 516.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.830
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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