Rufous-necked Laughingthrush

How to identify

Field marks

1. Chestnut tinge on the neck
2. Black face

Voice

A series of fine, jumbled chirps, like chattering laughter.

Where and when it's recorded

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

Rufous-necked Laughingthrush has been recorded at 71 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 6 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Manas NP – BanasbariIndia348 records
2. Mahananda WLS – LatpancharIndia132 records
3. Yingjiang Wetland ParkChina88 records

Countries and regions with the most records

IndiaBhutanChinaNepalBangladeshMyanmar (Burma)

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-necked laughingthrush (Pterorhinus ruficollis) is a bird species in the laughingthrush family, Leiothrichidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar and Nepal, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Little study was done on this species due to its abundance and lack of interest in its conservation.

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