White-speckled laughingthrush

White-speckled laughingthrush
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Leiothrichidae
Genus:Garrulax
Species: G. bieti
Binomial name
Garrulax bieti
(Oustalet, 1897)
Synonyms

Ianthocincla bieti

The white-speckled laughingthrush (Garrulax bieti) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is endemic to China.

Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The scientific name commemorates the French naturalist Félix Biet.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Garrulax bieti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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