Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush

How to identify

Field marks

1. Black crown and brown tail with a black band
2. Pale yellowish-brown patches on the lores
3. Broad black moustachial stripes surround the rufous chin and ear-coverts
4. Gray underparts; feathers of the upperparts show a scaly pattern

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: April · Most records: India, Nepal, Bhutan

Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush has been recorded at 55 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 4 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. SattalIndia986 records
2. Forest Research Institute (FRI), New Forest CampusIndia194 records
3. Mt. Phulchowki - Lowest Few Miles of RoadNepal100 records

Countries and regions with the most records

IndiaNepalBhutanChina

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The rufous-chinned laughingthrush (Ianthocincla rufogularis) is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae. It ranges across the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent and some parts of Southeast Asia.

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