Yellow-throated Laughingthrush
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The Yellow-throated Laughingthrush (Garrulax galbanus) is a species of bird
in the Timaliidae family. It is found in grassy areas with bushes and trees, scrub and forest in north-eastern India
, south-eastern Bangladesh
and western Myanmar
. Until recently, it included the Blue-crowned Laughingthrush
as a subspecies
, but unlike that species the crown of the Yellow-throated Laughingthrush is pale grey (not bluish).
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 found in grassy areas with bushes and trees, scrub and forest in north-eastern India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, south-eastern Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
and western Myanmar
Myanmar
Burma , officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar , is a country in Southeast Asia. Burma is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, the Bay of Bengal to the southwest, and the Andaman Sea on the south....
. Until recently, it included the Blue-crowned Laughingthrush
Blue-crowned Laughingthrush
The Blue-crowned Laughingthrush or Courtois's Laughingbird is a Chinese species of bird in the Timaliidae family...
as 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...
, but unlike that species the crown of the Yellow-throated Laughingthrush is pale grey (not bluish).