Streaked Laughingthrush

Streaked Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron lineatum

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Kathmandu

In 3 days <5%

10 Verified sightings at Kathmandu
351 In all 2 parks From 2019 to 2026
February Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Streaked Laughingthrush

The streaked laughingthrush (Trochalopteron lineatum) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. Its range extends from the Turkestan Range to the Safed Koh and east through the Himalayas towards Sikkim. The subspecies imbricatum is usually considered a separates species, Bhutan laughingthrush.

BirdLife International 2004. Garrulax lineatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007. Streaked laughingthrush videos on the Internet Bird Collection Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:27

India · 2025

© Peter Boesman · XC1030922 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Duet0:35

India · 2023

© Jelle Scharringa · XC785779 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Subsong1:04

Tajikistan · 2022

© Ding Li Yong · XC736434 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Langtang National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~60%
2 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Dushanbe 🇹🇯 Tajikistan
~70%
2 Srinagar 🇮🇳 India
~40%
3 Dehradun 🇮🇳 India
<5%
4 Kathmandu 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Streaked Laughingthrush in Kathmandu?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Streaked Laughingthrush sighting in Kathmandu on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 276th most-seen of the 312 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Streaked Laughingthrush in Kathmandu?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Streaked Laughingthrush in Kathmandu on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

What time of day is best to see a Streaked Laughingthrush?

Between 2 and 5 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Streaked Laughingthrush sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.

Is Kathmandu the best place to see a Streaked Laughingthrush?

4th of 4

Of the 4 cities where we can rate Streaked Laughingthrush sightings, Kathmandu ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Dushanbe (Tajikistan, about 70%), Srinagar (India, about 40%) and Dehradun (India, under 5%).

Where does the Streaked Laughingthrush sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Streaked Laughingthrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Kathmandu (10 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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