Garrulax maximus
Silhouette: Jiekun He · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The giant laughingthrush (Ianthocincla maxima) is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in central China and far northern India and Myanmar. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. The giant laughingthrush was at one time placed in the genus Garrulax but following the publication of a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, it was moved to the resurrected genus Ianthocincla. The female birds often lay between 1 and 3 blue colored eggs which are bred by both parents for a period of 2 weeks. They can be distinguished by their sweet, melodious and bold sound.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jiuzhaigou National Park | 🇨🇳 China |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Giant Laughingthrush sighting in Jiuzhaigou National Park on a given day, based on 32 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 41st most-seen of the 131 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–June, August, October and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Giant Laughingthrush in Jiuzhaigou National Park on a given day, against about 10% in July, September and November, the lowest months. 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 Giant Laughingthrush sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 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 Giant Laughingthrush sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Giant Laughingthrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Jiuzhaigou National Park (32 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.
