Species profile
Chestnut-backed Laughingthrush
Ianthocincla nuchalis
Quick answer
Lowlands of ne India (Arunachal Pradesh) to n Myanmar
- Scientific name
- Ianthocincla nuchalis
- Family
- Leiothrichidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Ianthocincla
Recording Chestnut-backed Laughingthrush in your journal
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Related species in Leiothrichidae
- Afghan Babbler (Turdoides huttoni)
- Arabian Babbler (Turdoides squamiceps)
- Arrow-marked Babbler (Turdoides jardineii)
- Ashambu Chilappan (Montecincla meridionalis)
- Ashambu Laughingthrush (Montecincla meridionale)
- Ashy-headed Laughingthrush (Garrulax cinereifrons)
- Assam Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron chrysopterum)
- Bare-cheeked Babbler (Turdoides gymnogenys)