Garrulax davidi
Silhouette: Jiekun He · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The plain laughingthrush or Père David's laughingthrush (Pterorhinus davidi) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is endemic to central and northeastern China. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. The plain laughingthrush was described by the English zoologist Robert Swinhoe in 1868 while resident in Amoy, on the basis of a specimen sent from Beijing by Armand David, alongside another new specimen that would be described as the Beijing babbler. The letter accompanying the two specimens mentioned that it was very common in the mountains around Beijing and was a sedentary species, usually occupying the same habitats as the Beijing babbler. Though David had proposed the binomial name Pomatorhinus stridulus, Swinhoe described it under the name Pterorhinus davidi, erecting the new genus Pterorhinus (from the Greek for "feather nose", in reference to the bird's beak) to accommodate it. The specific epithet honours the aforementioned French missionary (1826-1900) who worked in China between 1858 and 1874. This species was normally placed in the genus Garrulax but following the publication of a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, the genus... Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jiuzhaigou National Park | 🇨🇳 China |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lanzhou | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 2 | Xining | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 3 | Beijing | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 4 | Shijiazhuang | 🇨🇳 China |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Pere David's Laughingthrush sighting in Lanzhou on a given day, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 6th most-seen of the 44 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, April and August–September
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Pere David's Laughingthrush in Lanzhou on a given day, against about 40% in February, May, July and December, the lowest months. March and October–November have too few records to rate.
Yes
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Pere David's Laughingthrush sightings, Lanzhou has the highest daily chance: about 50%. Next come Xining (China, about 30%) and Beijing (China, about 10%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Pere David's Laughingthrush that you can see in Lanzhou (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Eurasian Tree Sparrow (about 90%), Oriental Magpie (about 80%) and Silver-throated Tit (about 80%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pere David's Laughingthrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Lanzhou (31 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.
