Plain laughingthrush
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Taxonomy
The plain laughingthrush was described by the English zoologist Robert Swinhoe in 1868 from a specimen collected in Beijing, China. He coined the binomial name Pterorhinus davidi. The specific epithet honours the French missionary Armand David (1826-1900) who worked in China between 1858 and 1874. This species was normally placed in the genus Garrulax but following the publication of a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, the genus Pterorhinus was resurrected and plain laughingthrush was returned to its original genus.
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Vocalization
Males use quiet songs to signify aggressive intent.
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