Yellow-throated Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus galbanus)
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Yellow-throated Laughingthrush

Pterorhinus galbanus (Godwin-Austen, 1874)

≈22 cmLength56 gWeight

This bird has a pale gray crown with no blue and inhabits grassland, scrub and forest.

Most records: Myanmar (Burma)

Looks like Blue-crowned Laughingthrush

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

  1. Pale gray crown with no blue

Similar species

Blue-crowned Laughingthrush
Blue-crowned Laughingthrush

This species has a pale gray crown; Blue-crowned Laughingthrush has a bluish crown.

Where and when it's recorded

Yellow-throated Laughingthrush has been recorded at 1 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 1 country or region.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

  1. Indawgyi Lake Wildlife SanctuaryMyanmar (Burma)1 record

Countries and regions with the most records

Myanmar (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 yellow-throated laughingthrush (Pterorhinus galbanus) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in grassy areas with bushes and trees, scrub and forest in the Patkai mountain range.

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Questions

How big is the Yellow-throated Laughingthrush?

The Yellow-throated Laughingthrush is about ≈22 cm long and weighs around 56 g.

Where does the Yellow-throated Laughingthrush live?

Its breeding range: Oriental: northeastern India, Myanmar and Bangladesh. It is most often recorded in Myanmar (Burma).

Is the Yellow-throated Laughingthrush endangered?

The IUCN Red List classifies the Yellow-throated Laughingthrush as Least Concern.

What does the Yellow-throated Laughingthrush eat?

Main food: Insects & other invertebrates.

What family is the Yellow-throated Laughingthrush in?

It belongs to the family Laughingthrushes & Allies (Leiothrichidae), order Passerines (Passeriformes).

At a glance

Length
≈22 cm
Weight
56 g
Habitat
Forest
Diet
Insects & other invertebrates
Lifestyle
Active on the ground
Migration
Resident (barely migrates)
Conservation
Least Concern
More measurements
Wing
94 mm
Tail
105 mm
Bill
22 mm
Tarsus
32 mm

Averages from the AVONET dataset; length from field guides where available.

Range

Oriental: northeastern India, Myanmar and Bangladesh

Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2

Classification

Order
Passerines Passeriformes
Family
Laughingthrushes & Allies Leiothrichidae
Genus
Pterorhinus

Other birds in the genus Pterorhinus

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Yellow-throated Laughingthrush

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