Striated laughingthrush

The striated laughingthrush (Grammatoptila striata) is a passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It 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 be the only species in the resurrected genus Grammatoptila.^[2][3]

subspecies Grammatoptila striata cranbrooki from Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India.

Striated laughingthrush
in Nainital district, Uttarakhand, India
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Leiothrichidae
Genus:	Grammatoptila Reichenbach, 1850
Species:	G. striata
Binomial name
Grammatoptila striata (Vigors, 1831)

It is found in the northern temperate regions of the Indian subcontinent and ranges across Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Tibet and Nepal. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.