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Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush
The lesser necklaced laughingthrush (Garrulax monileger) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Leiothrichidae: The laughingthrushes are a family of Old World passerine birds. They are diverse in size and coloration. These are birds of tropical areas, with the greatest variety in Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. The entire family used to be included in the Timaliidae.
They are small to medium-sized birds. They have strong legs, and many are quite terrestrial. They typically have generalised bills, similar to those of a thrush. Most have predominantly brown plumage, with minimal difference between the sexes, but many more brightly coloured species also exist.
This group is not strongly migratory, and most species have short rounded wings, and a weak flight. They live in lightly wooded or scrubland environments, ranging from swamp to near-desert. They are primarily insectivorous, although many will also take berries, and the larger species will even eat small lizards and other vertebrates.
Top 25 Wild Bird Photographs of the Week: Forest. Large Scimitar Babbler & Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush, Ban Nong Nam, Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand - November 22, 2019: blog.nationalgeographic.org/2019/11/22/top-25-wild-bird-p...
20190615-1DX26734 - Explored!
Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush
The lesser necklaced laughingthrush (Garrulax monileger) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Leiothrichidae: The laughingthrushes are a family of Old World passerine birds. They are diverse in size and coloration. These are birds of tropical areas, with the greatest variety in Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. The entire family used to be included in the Timaliidae.
They are small to medium-sized birds. They have strong legs, and many are quite terrestrial. They typically have generalised bills, similar to those of a thrush. Most have predominantly brown plumage, with minimal difference between the sexes, but many more brightly coloured species also exist.
This group is not strongly migratory, and most species have short rounded wings, and a weak flight. They live in lightly wooded or scrubland environments, ranging from swamp to near-desert. They are primarily insectivorous, although many will also take berries, and the larger species will even eat small lizards and other vertebrates.
Top 25 Wild Bird Photographs of the Week: Forest. Large Scimitar Babbler & Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush, Ban Nong Nam, Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand - November 22, 2019: blog.nationalgeographic.org/2019/11/22/top-25-wild-bird-p...