Garrulax delesserti
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The Wayanad laughingthrush (Pterorhinus delesserti) is a species of laughingthrush in the family Leiothrichidae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats south of Goa in India. These laughingthrushes move in groups in dense forests, producing loud calls but tend to be hard to spot in the undergrowth. They have brown upperparts, a white throat, a broad black mask through the eye and a heavy bill with pale yellow on the lower mandible. Despite the name, derived from the Wayanad region, this species has a wider range than the four other south Indian species of laughingthrush that are restricted to the higher elevation hills.
The Wayanad laughingthrush was described by the British physician and naturalist Thomas Jerdon in 1839 and given the binomial name Crateropus delesserti. The specific epithet was chosen to honour the French naturalist Adolphe Delessert who had collected specimens from near Kotagiri in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Another description by the French ornithologist Frédéric de Lafresnaye was published in 1840.
The generic placement of this species has varied over time and it has been placed in the past under Dryonastes and Garrulax. A 2012 phylogenetic study... Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Wynaad Laughingthrush sighting in Periyar National Park on a given day, based on 349 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 88th most-seen of the 227 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December and January
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Wynaad Laughingthrush in Periyar National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May, the lowest month. Those are among Periyar National Park's driest months, with about 60 mm of rain a month against 410 mm in August.
Only Periyar National Park, in our data
Periyar National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Wynaad Laughingthrush sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Leiothrichidae
The closest relatives of the Wynaad Laughingthrush that you can see in Periyar National Park (family Leiothrichidae, Laughingthrushes and Allies) are Jungle Babbler (about 50%) and Rufous Babbler (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Wynaad Laughingthrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Periyar National Park (349 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.
