Bare-headed Laughingthrush
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The Bare-headed Laughingthrush (Garrulax calvus) is a species of bird
in the Timaliidae family. It is endemic to highland forests in northern Borneo
. It was formerly considered a subspecies
of the Black Laughingthrush
.
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Timaliidae family. It is endemic to highland forests in northern Borneo
Borneo
Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....
. It was formerly considered a subspecies
Subspecies
Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...
of the Black Laughingthrush
Black Laughingthrush
The Black Laughingthrush is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in highland forests in the Thai-Malay Peninsula and on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Until recently, it usually included the Bare-headed Laughingthrush as a subspecies.-References:* BirdLife International 2004....
.