Garrulax mitratus
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In 3 days <5%
The chestnut-capped laughingthrush (Pterorhinus mitratus), also known as the spectacled laughingthrush, is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Sumatra (Indonesia) and the Thai-Malay Peninsula. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The chestnut-hooded laughingthrush was previously considered a subspecies.
The chestnut-capped laughingthrush 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. Chestnut-capped laughingthrush video on the Internet Bird Collection Wikipedia →
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Malaysia · 2023
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walsrode World Bird Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush sighting in Taman Negara National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 274th most-seen of the 293 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush in Taman Negara National Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Taman Negara National Park, in our data
Taman Negara National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush that you can see in Taman Negara National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (about 50%), Oriental Magpie-Robin (about 50%) and Red-eyed Bulbul (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Taman Negara National Park (7 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.
