Spot-breasted Laughingthrush
Photo: Francesco Veronesi from Italy · CC BY-SA 2.0

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Spot-breasted Laughingthrush

Garrulax merulinus

LCLeast Concern
Family
Laughingthrushes and Allies (Leiothrichidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The spot-breasted laughingthrush (Garrulax merulinus) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Yunnan, Northeast India, Laos, Myanmar, north-west Thailand, and northern Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
The orange-breasted laughingthrush (S. annamensis) of south-central Vietnam was formerly regarded as a subspecies of this bird but is now often treated as a separate species.

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Last updated September 29, 2026.