Garrulax caerulatus
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The grey-sided laughingthrush (Pterorhinus caerulatus) is a species of passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae. This species was formerly placed in the genus Garrulax but following the publication of a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, it was moved to the resurrected genus Pterorhinus.
It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and the Hawaiian Islands (where it was introduced). Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Wikipedia →
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India · 2023
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Grey-sided Laughingthrush sighting in Royal Manas National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 310th most-seen of the 388 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Grey-sided Laughingthrush in Royal Manas National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June–July and October–April, the lowest months. August and September have too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Grey-sided Laughingthrush sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Royal Manas National Park, in our data
Royal Manas National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Grey-sided Laughingthrush sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Garrulax
The closest relatives of the Grey-sided Laughingthrush that you can see in Royal Manas National Park (genus Garrulax, Typical Laughingthrushes) are Rufous-necked Laughingthrush (about 30%), White-crested Laughingthrush (about 30%) and Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Grey-sided Laughingthrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Royal Manas National Park (13 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.
