Brown-capped Laughingthrush
Trochalopteron austeniGodwin-Austen, HH, 1870
English (US) Brown-capped Laughingthrush
The Brown-capped Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron austeni) 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 austeni
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Brown-capped Laughingthrush
- Described by
- Godwin-Austen, HH, 1870
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Trochalopteron austeni austeni
- Trochalopteron austeni victoriae
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochalopteron Austeni
- Described by
- Godwin-Austen, HH, 1870
- Type locality
- Hengdang Peak, principal trigonometrical station of observation at head of the Jhiri River, Barail Range, Assam.
- Original description
- Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 39, pt.2, no.2 p.105
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Himalayan Cutia
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Scaly Laughingthrush
Trochalopteron subunicolor
Blue-winged Laughingthrush
Trochalopteron squamatum
Streaked Laughingthrush
Trochalopteron lineatum
Bhutan Laughingthrush
Trochalopteron imbricatum
Striped Laughingthrush
Trochalopteron virgatum
Variegated Laughingthrush
Trochalopteron variegatum
Black-faced Laughingthrush
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