Sunda laughingthrush | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Leiothrichidae |
Genus: | Garrulax |
Species: | G. palliatus
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Binomial name | |
Garrulax palliatus (Bonaparte, 1850)
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The Sunda laughingthrush (Garrulax palliatus) is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia.[2]
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by human activity such as hunting, logging, and trapping.[2]
The length of its body is characterized as medium-sized, about 24–25cm.[3]
The Sunda laughingthrush primarily eats insects (including beetles, moths, and caterpillars) and seeds. [3]
Two subspecies are recognized:[4]