White-necked Laughingthrush

Garrulax strepitans Blyth, 1855

32 cmLength132 gWeight

This bird has a chestnut crown, a blackish-brown face and throat, and a faint white collar around the neck.

Busiest months: February and December · Most records: Thailand, China

Looks like Grey Laughingthrush

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Chestnut crown
Blackish-brown face and throat
A faint white collar around the neck
Pale brownish-gray overall, with a gray bill, legs and feet

Voice

The call resembles laughter and is distinctive.

Similar species

Grey Laughingthrush

The two are very similar, except that White-necked Laughingthrush has a darker head.

Where and when it's recorded

White-necked Laughingthrush has been recorded at 24 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 2 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Mae Wong NP – Chong YenThailand336 records
Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – Doi AngkhangThailand109 records
Doi Inthanon NP – Mae Ouam (Km 34.5)Thailand71 records

More places

Doi Inthanon NPThailand56 records
Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – Doi Lang (W), AKA Doi San JuThailand55 records
Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – Doi Lang (E)Thailand42 records
Nangong MountainChina36 records
Doi Inthanon NP – Jeep Track (Km 37.5)Thailand22 records
Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – Chinese Cemetery & dump on Doi AngkhangThailand18 records
Doi Inthanon NP – Doi Pha Tang campgroundsThailand18 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Thailand China

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 white-necked laughingthrush (Garrulax strepitans) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Yunnan, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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