Laughingthrush « Birds of Nepal

Spotted Laughingthrush

Posted on November 5, 2022

Garrulax ocellatus
Nepali Name: मुँदाले तोरीगाँडा (Mudale Toriganda)

Spotted laughingthrush. Shivapuri National Park (Tinchuil), Kathmandu, Nepal. 2,630 m. March 10, 2020. Photo: Sadeep Dangol

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Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush

Posted on January 24, 2015 Updated on November 11, 2020

Trochalopteron erythrocephalum
Nepali Name: कटुसटाउके तोरीगाँडा Katustauke Toriganda

Chumoa (Everest Base Camp Trek), Solukhumbu, Nepal. 2,780m. 15 January, 2015. Photo: Ashish Shrestha

Ghat (Everest Base Camp Trek), Solukhumbu, Nepal. 2,580m. 9 January, 2015. Photo: Ashish Shrestha

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Black-faced Laughingthrush

Posted on January 22, 2015 Updated on November 11, 2020

Trochalopteron affine
Nepali Name: कानटाटे तोरीगाँडा Kantate Torigaanda

Chheplung (Everest Base Camp Trek), Solukhumbu, Nepal. 2,670m. 9 January, 2015. Photo: Ashish Shrestha

Mong La (Everest Base Camp Trek), Solukhumbu, Nepal. ~3,950m. 29 May, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Poon Hill, Myagdi, Nepal. 3178m. 10 April, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Notes:
1. Kali Gandaki Valley is the western boundary for this species.
2. Sings from a prominent position during mornings. Found in pairs during the breeding season.

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Variegated Laughingthrush

Posted on November 21, 2014 Updated on November 11, 2020

Trochalopteron variegatum/Garrulax variegatus
Nepali Name: टिकीयुरी तोरीगाँडा Tikiyuri Toriganda

Putak, Mustang, Nepal. 3,440m. 30 June, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

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Streaked Laughingthrush

Posted on June 21, 2014 Updated on November 11, 2020

Trochalopteron lineatum
Nepali Name: छिर्के तोरीगाँडा Chirke Torigaada

Chheplung (Everest Base Camp Trek), Solukhumbu, Nepal. ~2,700m. 18 May, 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Timang (Annapurna Circuit Trek), Manang, Nepal. ~1,270m. 11 May 2014. Photo: Ashish Shrestha.

Notes:
1. Doesn’t congregate in large parties.
2. Whistler mentions that the nests of this bird is frequently parasitized by Indian and Pied Crested Cuckoo.

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White-throated Laughingthrush

Posted on February 25, 2014 Updated on November 11, 2020

Garrulax albogularis
Nepali Name: सोइरने तोरीगाँडा Soirane Torigada

Bhakanje, Solukhumbu, Nepal. 2400m.15 February, 2014. Photo: aB

Notes:
1. Lives in gangs that do not break up even during the breeding season.
2. One of the most common laughingthrush in the Kathmandu Valley along with the White-crested Laughingthrush and Striated Laughingthrush. The three species overlap in so many places that I wonder if there isn’t some differences in their preferred habitat?
3. Just like the other Laughingthrushes are the gangsters of Himalaya forests.

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