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Variegated Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron variegatum(Vigors, NA, 1831)

English (US) Variegated Laughingthrush

The Variegated Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron variegatum) 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 variegatum
Family
Leiothrichidae (Laughingthrushes and Allies)
Order
Passeriformes
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Variegated Laughingthrush
Described by
(Vigors, NA, 1831)
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Recognised subspecies

The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.

Taxonomic history

First described as
Cinclosoma variegatum
Described by
(Vigors, NA, 1831)
Type locality
Himalayas; inferentially restricted to Simla, Himachal Pradesh, by Hume, 1878, Stray Feathers, 7, p. 457.
Original description
Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1, no.5 p.56

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

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