Garrulax davidi
Silhouette: Jiekun He · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~70% 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 |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Pere David's Laughingthrush sighting in Xining on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 9th most-seen of the 38 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
2nd of 4
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Pere David's Laughingthrush sightings, Xining ranks 2nd at about 30%. The best odds are in Lanzhou (China, about 50%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Pere David's Laughingthrush that you can see in Xining (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Eurasian Tree Sparrow (about 80%), Cinereous Tit (about 60%) and Oriental Magpie (about 50%), 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 Xining (22 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.
