Garrulax ocellatus
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The spotted laughingthrush (Ianthocincla ocellata) is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
The spotted 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. Spotted laughingthrush videos on the Internet Bird Collection Wikipedia →
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Nepal · 2025
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India · 2023
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Langtang National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Chester Zoo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Laughingthrush sighting in Langtang National Park on a given day, based on 93 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 42nd most-seen of the 225 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.
July
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Laughingthrush in Langtang National Park on a given day, against about 10% in August and December, the lowest months. That is one of Langtang National Park's wettest months, with about 390 mm of rain against 10 mm in November.
Between 2 and 5 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spotted 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 Langtang National Park, in our data
Langtang National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Spotted Laughingthrush sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Garrulax
The closest relatives of the Spotted Laughingthrush that you can see in Langtang National Park (genus Garrulax, Typical Laughingthrushes) are White-throated Laughingthrush (about 30%) and Striated Laughingthrush (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spotted Laughingthrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Langtang National Park (93 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.
