Trochalopteron melanostigma
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The silver-eared laughingthrush (Trochalopteron melanostigma) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in southern Yunnan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the chestnut-crowned laughingthrush, G. erythrocephalus. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Silver-eared Laughingthrush sighting in Doi Inthanon National Park on a given day, based on 1,612 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 8th most-seen of the 367 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and July
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Silver-eared Laughingthrush in Doi Inthanon National Park on a given day, against about 40% in April and September–December, the lowest months. Those are among Doi Inthanon National Park's wettest months, with about 310 mm of rain a month against 20 mm in February.
Between 3 and 6 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Silver-eared Laughingthrush sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Doi Inthanon National Park, in our data
Doi Inthanon National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Silver-eared Laughingthrush sightings: about 50% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Leiothrichidae
The closest relatives of the Silver-eared Laughingthrush that you can see in Doi Inthanon National Park (family Leiothrichidae, Laughingthrushes and Allies) are Black-backed Sibia (about 60%), Chestnut-tailed Minla (about 50%) and Silver-eared Mesia (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Silver-eared Laughingthrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Doi Inthanon National Park (1,612 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
