The black laughingthrush (''Melanocichla lugubris'') is a species of

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...

in the family Timaliidae. It is found in highland forests in the

Thai-Malay Peninsula The Malay Peninsula (Malay: ''Semenanjung Tanah Melayu'') is a peninsula in Mainland Southeast Asia. The landmass runs approximately north–south, and at its terminus, it is the southernmost point of the Asian continental mainland. The area ...

and on the

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n island of

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. Until recently, it usually included the

bare-headed laughingthrush The bare-headed laughingthrush (''Melanocichla calva'') is a species of bird in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae. It is endemic to highland forests at elevations of in the mountain ranges of north-central Borneo, along with some outlyin ...

as a

subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...

Gallery

Image:Black Laughingthrush.ogv, Displaying Gap Rest-House, Malaysia, Sept 1997

References

External links

Black laughingthrush video
on the Internet Bird Collection {{Taxonbar, from1=Q110257332, from2=Q1304458 Melanocichla Birds of the Malay Peninsula Birds of Sumatra Birds described in 1835 Taxa named by Salomon Müller Articles containing video clips Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN