Moustached laughingthrush

The moustached laughingthrush (Ianthocincla cineracea) is a species of passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in China, India, and Myanmar where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Moustached laughingthrush
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Leiothrichidae
Genus:	Ianthocincla
Species:	I. cineracea
Binomial name
Ianthocincla cineracea (Godwin-Austen, 1874)
Synonyms
Garrulax cineraceus

The moustached laughingthrush was at one time placed in the genus Garrulax but following the publication of a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, it was moved to the resurrected genus Ianthocincla.^[2][3]

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognised:^[3]

• I. c. cineracea (Godwin-Austen, 1874) – Purvanchal Range
• I. c. strenua (Deignan, 1957) – east Myanmar to Yunnan
• I. c. cinereiceps (Styan, 1887) – South China