Streaked Laughingthrush

Streaked Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron lineatum

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely
at Srinagar

In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%

209 Verified sightings at Srinagar
351 In all 2 parks From 2019 to 2026
April 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 Srinagar?

Likely

About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Streaked Laughingthrush sighting in Srinagar on a given day, based on 209 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 15th most-seen of the 120 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

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

April, October and December–January

In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Streaked Laughingthrush in Srinagar on a given day, against about 10% in July, the lowest month.

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 Srinagar the best place to see a Streaked Laughingthrush?

2nd of 4

Of the 4 cities where we can rate Streaked Laughingthrush sightings, Srinagar ranks 2nd at about 40%. The best odds are in Dushanbe (Tajikistan, about 70%).

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 Srinagar (209 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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