Garrulax rufogularis
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The rufous-chinned laughingthrush (Ianthocincla rufogularis) is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae. It ranges across the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent and some parts of Southeast Asia. The rufous-chinned laughingthrush was described by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould in 1835 from a specimen obtained in the Himalayas. He coined the binomial name Ianthocincla rufogularis. The type locality was restricted to the state of Sikkim in northeast India by Stuart Baker in 1920. This laughingthrush was normally placed in the genus Garrulax but following the publication of a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, the genus Ianthocincla was resurrected and rufous-chinned laughingthrush was returned to its original genus.
Six subspecies are recognised: 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 Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush sighting in Royal Manas National Park on a given day, based on 54 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 201st most-seen of the 388 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October to December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush in Royal Manas National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January to July, the lowest months. Those are among Royal Manas National Park's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain a month against 930 mm in July. August and September have too few records to rate.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rufous-chinned 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 Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Garrulax
The closest relatives of the Rufous-chinned 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 Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Royal Manas National Park (54 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.
