Garrulax monileger
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The lesser necklaced laughingthrush (Garrulax monileger) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. Its range extends across the eastern Himalayas, southern China and Indochina. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Lesser necklaced laughingthrushes may be mimics of Greater necklaced laughingthrushes, the latter of which are dominant in mixed-species flocks. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 2 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 3 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 5 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 6 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 8 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nanjing | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 2 | Ho Chi Minh City | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King's Garden | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush sighting in Namdapha National Park on a given day, based on 119 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 130th most-seen of the 298 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush in Namdapha National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May, the lowest month. Those are among Namdapha National Park's driest months, with about 150 mm of rain a month against 660 mm in July. June to September have too few records to rate.
Between 3 and 6 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lesser Necklaced 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.
3rd of 9
Of the 9 parks where we can rate Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush sightings, Namdapha National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Kaeng Krachan National Park (Thailand, about 30%) and Royal Manas National Park (Bhutan, about 20%).
Same genus: Garrulax
The closest relatives of the Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush that you can see in Namdapha National Park (genus Garrulax, Typical Laughingthrushes) are White-crested Laughingthrush (about 40%), Greater Necklaced Laughing Thrush (about 20%) and Rufous-vented Laughingthrush (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Namdapha National Park (119 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.
