Rufous-vented laughingthrush

The rufous-vented laughingthrush (Pterorhinus gularis) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Rufous-vented laughingthrush
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Leiothrichidae
Genus:	Pterorhinus
Species:	P. gularis
Binomial name
Pterorhinus gularis (McClelland, 1840)
Synonyms
Dryonastes gularis Ianthocincla gularis Garrulax gularis

This species was formerly placed in the genus Garrulax but following the publication of a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, it was moved to the resurrected genus Pterorhinus.^[2][3]