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Black-faced Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron affine(Blyth, E, 1843)

English (US) Black-faced Laughingthrush

The Black-faced Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron affine) 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
Trochalopteron affine
Family
Leiothrichidae (Laughingthrushes and Allies)
Order
Passeriformes
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Black-faced Laughingthrush
Described by
(Blyth, E, 1843)
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Recognised subspecies

The AviList checklist recognises 6 subspecies for this species.

Taxonomic history

First described as
G[arrulax] affinis
Described by
(Blyth, E, 1843)
Type locality
Nepal; restricted to East Nepal, by Rand, 1953, Nat. Hist. Misc. [Chicago] , no. 116, p. 2, and corrected to Central Nepal, by Rand and Fleming, 1956, Fieldiana Zool. [Chicago] , 39, p. 3.
Original description
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 12, pt.2, no.143 p.950

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

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