Black-faced Laughingthrush
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Black-faced Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron affine

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Royal Manas National Park
1 Verified records at Royal Manas National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The black-faced laughingthrush (Trochalopteron affine) is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in the Eastern Himalayas. Its range extends from eastern Nepal eastwards to Arunachal Pradesh in India and further to Myanmar, along with Bhutan and southeastern Tibet. Small disjunct populations also exist in continental Southeast Asia. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Royal Manas National Park

Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush
LC

Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Trochalopteron erythrocephalum

<5% · Rare
Blue-winged Laughingthrush
LC

Blue-winged Laughingthrush

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Trochalopteron squamatum

<5% · Rare
Scaly Laughingthrush
LC

Scaly Laughingthrush

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Trochalopteron subunicolor

Insufficient data
Rufous-necked Laughingthrush

Rufous-necked Laughingthrush

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Garrulax ruficollis

20–30% · Possible
Blue-winged Minla

Blue-winged Minla

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Minla cyanouroptera

20–30% · Possible
White-crested Laughingthrush
LC

White-crested Laughingthrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Garrulax leucolophus

20–30% · Possible
Rufous Sibia
LC

Rufous Sibia

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Heterophasia capistrata

20–30% · Possible
Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush
LC

Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Garrulax monileger

10–20% · With luck
Long-tailed Sibia
LC

Long-tailed Sibia

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Heterophasia picaoides

10–20% · With luck
Silver-eared Mesia
LC

Silver-eared Mesia

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Leiothrix argentauris

10–20% · With luck
Red-tailed Minla
LC

Red-tailed Minla

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Minla ignotincta

10–20% · With luck
Greater Necklaced Laughing Thrush

Greater Necklaced Laughing Thrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Garrulax pectoralis

10–20% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Black-faced Laughingthrush at Royal Manas National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Langtang National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
30–40%
2 Khangchendzonga National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
3 Jiuzhaigou National Park 🇨🇳 China
Insufficient data
4 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
Insufficient data
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