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Plain Laughingthrush
Pterorhinus davidi Swinhoe, 1868
Leiothrichidae — Laughingthrushes & Allies
Plain Laughingthrush, Pterorhinus davidi, is a bird of the family Leiothrichidae that breeds in China, where it is found in central and north-eastern parts of the country. It lives in temperate forest. First described by Swinhoe in 1868, it is also known as Père David’s laughingthrush. It is the most northerly of the laughingthrushes and, across much of its range, the only member of the family present. It has a curved bill and an overall greyish-brown appearance with only slight mottling on the front.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Leiothrichidae — Laughingthrushes & Allies
- Breeding range
- Palearctic: China
