Babblers (Timaliidae)
Black Laughingthrush (Melanocichla lugubris) - HBW 12, p. 243
French: Garrulaxe noir
German: Trauerhäherling
Spanish: Charlatán Negro
Taxonomy: Timalia lugubris S. Müller, 1836, Sumatra.
Genus traditionally subsumed in Garrulax, but exhibits some morphological and vocal differences. Forms a superspecies with M. calva, and formerly treated as conspecific. Monotypic.
Distribution: Extreme S Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two adults displaying. Locality The Gap Resthouse, Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia (Monotypic species)
Tom Tarrant 31 August 1997 7 years ago 28 sec 3.3 -
Two views of birds moving through bamboo. Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2006 3 years ago 26 sec 3 -
A lateral view of a perched bird. Locality Tapan, West Sumatra Region, Sumatra (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
Mike Edgecombe 1 July 2007 3 years ago 25 sec 3 -
A bird singing in a tree. Locality Tapan, West Sumatra Region, Sumatra (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
Mike Edgecombe 1 July 2007 3 years ago 51 sec 2.7 -
A bird calling on a branch and flying away. Locality Tapan, West Sumatra Region, Sumatra (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
Mike Edgecombe 1 July 2007 3 years ago 11 sec 2.5 -
A bird singing behind the vegetation. Locality Tapan, West Sumatra Region, Sumatra (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
Mike Edgecombe 1 July 2007 3 years ago 22 sec 2
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A group of three or four birds were responding with these alarms to playback. Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia
(Monotypic species)
Sam Woods 1 June 2008 2 years ago 4
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