Chestnut-crowned laughingthrush

The chestnut-crowned laughingthrush (Trochalopteron erythrocephalum) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal.

A specimen with beak deformities from Neora Valley National Park, West Bengal, India.

Contact call

Calls

Chestnut-crowned laughingthrush
Near Pangot of Nainital district, Uttarakhand, India
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Leiothrichidae
Genus:	Trochalopteron
Species:	T. erythrocephalum
Binomial name
Trochalopteron erythrocephalum (Vigors, 1832)
Synonyms
Garrulax erythrocephalus

The silver-eared laughingthrush, formerly included as a subspecies, is now^[2] usually regarded as a separate species.