Trochalopteron elliotii
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
Elliot's laughingthrush (Trochalopteron elliotii) is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in central China and far northeastern India, in shrubs and in forests with a combination of coniferous and deciduous trees.
BirdLife International 2004. Garrulax elliotii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007. Elliot's laughingthrush videos on the Internet Bird Collection Images at ADW Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jiuzhaigou National Park | 🇨🇳 China |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report an Elliot's Laughingthrush sighting in Jiuzhaigou National Park on a given day, based on 133 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 131 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.
May
In that month about 80% of wildlife watchers report an Elliot's Laughingthrush in Jiuzhaigou National Park on a given day, against about 40% in June, the lowest month. That is one of Jiuzhaigou National Park's wettest months, with about 150 mm of rain against 15 mm in December. January to March have too few records to rate.
Between 3 and 6 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Elliot's 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 Jiuzhaigou National Park, in our data
Jiuzhaigou National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Elliot's Laughingthrush sightings: about 60% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Leiothrichidae
The closest relatives of the Elliot's Laughingthrush that you can see in Jiuzhaigou National Park (family Leiothrichidae, Laughingthrushes and Allies) are Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush (about 30%) and Giant Laughingthrush (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Elliot's Laughingthrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Jiuzhaigou National Park (133 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.
