Lesser necklaced laughingthrush

The lesser necklaced laughingthrush (Garrulax monileger) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.

Lesser necklaced laughingthrush
Garrulax monileger monileger from Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, East Sikkim, India.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Leiothrichidae
Genus:	Garrulax
Species:	G. monileger
Binomial name
Garrulax monileger (Hodgson, 1836)

Distribution

It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Behavior and Ecology

Lesser necklaced laughingthrushes may be mimics of Greater necklaced laughingthrushes, the latter of which are dominant in mixed-species flocks.^[2]

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Garrulax monileger". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22715608A94461144. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22715608A94461144.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
2. Gosai, Kamal Raj; Zhou, Liping; Liu, Yang; Braun, Edward L.; Kimball, Rebecca T.; Robinson, Scott K.; Jiang, Aiwu; Goodale, Eben (2024-04-10). "Investigating flock-associated mimicry: examining the evidence for, and drivers of, plumage mimicry in the greater and lesser necklaced laughingthrush". Royal Society Open Science. 11 (4). doi:10.1098/rsos.230976. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 11004677.