Banasura laughingthrush
The Banasura laughingthrush (Montecincla jerdoni) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in the Western Ghats in southwestern Karnataka. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the black-chinned laughingthrush.
| Banasura laughingthrush | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Leiothrichidae |
| Genus: | Montecincla |
| Species: | M. jerdoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Montecincla jerdoni (Blyth, 1851) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Montecincla cachinnans jerdoni | |
References
- Praveen, J., and P.O. Nameer. 2012. Strophocincla laughingthrushes of south India: a case for allopatric speciation and impact on their conservation. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 109: 46–52.
- Robin, V.V., C.K. Vishnudas, P. Gupta, F.E. Rheindt, D.H. Hooper, U. Ramakrishnan, and S. Reddy. 2017. Two new genera of songbirds represent endemic radiations from the Shola Sky Islands of the Western Ghats, India. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17: 31.
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