Babblers (Timaliidae)

Black-chinned Laughingthrush (Strophocincla cachinnans) - HBW 12, p. 249

French: Garrulaxe des Nilgiri German: Zimtbrusthäherling Spanish: Charlatán de los Nilgiris
Other common names: Rufous-breasted Laughingthrush, Nilgiri Laughingthrush (cachinnans); Grey-breasted/White-breasted/Jerdon’s Laughingthrush (jerdoni)

Taxonomy: C[rateropus]. cachinnaus [sic] Jerdon, 1839, Nilgiri Hills, India.
Genus usually subsumed in Garrulax. Species sometimes placed in genus Trochalopteron. Race jerdoni has until recently often been combined in a separate species with S. fairbanki; further study required. Two subspecies recognized.

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