| Spot-breasted laughingthrush | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Leiothrichidae |
| Genus: | Garrulax |
| Species: | G. merulinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Garrulax merulinus Blyth, 1851
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The spot-breasted laughingthrush (Garrulax merulinus) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Yunnan, Northeast India, Laos, Myanmar, north-west Thailand, and northern Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
The orange-breasted laughingthrush (S. annamensis) of south-central Vietnam was formerly regarded as a subspecies of this bird but is now often treated as a separate species.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Garrulax merulinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22735112A95102126. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22735112A95102126.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- Robson, Craig (2002) A Field Guide to the Birds of South-east Asia, New Holland, London.
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