Lesser necklaced laughingthrush
species of bird
The lesser necklaced laughingthrush (Garrulax monileger) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
Distribution
Its range extends across the eastern Himalayas, southern China and Indochina.
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.
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