Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush
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Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron erythrocephalum

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Royal Manas National Park
34 Verified records at Royal Manas National Park
May Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The chestnut-crowned laughingthrush (Trochalopteron erythrocephalum) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Pakistan and Nepal. The silver-eared laughingthrush, formerly included as a subspecies, is now usually regarded as a separate species. Wikipedia →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush sighting in Royal Manas National Park, based on 34 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Royal Manas National Park

Blue-winged Laughingthrush
LC

Blue-winged Laughingthrush

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Trochalopteron squamatum

<5% · Rare
Scaly Laughingthrush
LC

Scaly Laughingthrush

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Trochalopteron subunicolor

Insufficient data
Black-faced Laughingthrush
LC

Black-faced Laughingthrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Trochalopteron affine

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

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
5–10
Apr
10–20
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

🌅 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
40–50%
2 Khangchendzonga National Park 🇮🇳 India
30–40%
3 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
<5%
4 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
5 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush in Royal Manas National Park?

About 3% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush sighting in Royal Manas National Park, based on 34 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush in Royal Manas National Park?

May has the highest sighting rate for Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush in Royal Manas National Park in our monthly data.

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