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| Black-chinned Laughingthrush Trochalopteron cachinnans cachinnans
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| Photographer : | © Aseem Kumar Kothiala |
| Location : | Kotagiri, Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Date : |
19 November 2018 |
| English synonyms: | Black-chinned Laughing-thrush, Black-chinned Laughing Thrush, Nilgiri Laughingthrush (cachinnans), Nilgiri Laughing-thrush (cachinnans), Rufous breasted Laughingthrush (cachinnans), Rufous-breasted Laughingthrush (cachinnans), Jerdon's Laughingthrush (jerdoni), Gray breasted Laughingthrush (jerdoni), Gray-breasted Laughingthrush (jerdoni), Gray-breasted Laughing-thrush (jerdoni), Grey breasted Laughingthrush (jerdoni), Grey-breasted Laughing-thrush (jerdoni), White-breasted Laughing Thrush (jerdoni), White-breasted Laughingthrush (jerdoni), White-breasted Laughing-thrush (jerdoni), Coorg White-breasted Laughingthrush (jerdoni), Banasura Chilappan (jerdoni), Nilgiri Chilappan (cachinnans) |
| Bird Family : | Garrulacinae - Laughingthrushes, Liocichlas & Hwameis |
| Bird Group : | PASSERIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Endangered |
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| Taxonomic Notes : | Species endemic to SW India, north of the Palghat Gap.
Two subspecies:
G. c. cachinnans which was previously considered monotypic under the name Nilgiri Laughingthrush.
G. c. jerdoni which was previously considered conspecific with G. (jerdoni) fairbanki and G. (jerdoni) meridionalis under the name Grey-breasted Laughingthrush.
The latter two forms are now treated as subspecies of Kerala Laughingthrush Garrulax fairbanki. |
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