Sumatran Laughingthrush
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Laughingthrushes and Allies

Sumatran Laughingthrush

Garrulax bicolor

ENEndangered Endemic to Indonesia
Family
Laughingthrushes and Allies (Leiothrichidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The Sumatran laughingthrush (Garrulax bicolor), also known as the black-and-white laughingthrush, is a member of the family Leiothrichidae. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the white-crested laughingthrush (G. leucolophus), but unlike that species the plumage of the Sumatran laughingthrush is blackish-brown and white.
It is endemic to highland forest on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, where it is threatened by habitat loss and capture for the domestic wildlife trade. Despite being protected in Indonesia, illegal trade continues, often carried out openly in bird markets on Sumatra and Java.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Mountains of western Sumatra.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

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Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.