Silver-eared laughingthrush

The silver-eared laughingthrush (Trochalopteron melanostigma) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in southern Yunnan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the chestnut-crowned laughingthrush, G. erythrocephalus.

Silver-eared laughingthrush
Doi Inthanon, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Leiothrichidae
Genus:	Trochalopteron
Species:	T. melanostigma
Binomial name
Trochalopteron melanostigma (Blyth, 1855)
Synonyms
Garrulax erythrocephalus melanostigma Garrulax melanostigma