The chestnut-crowned laughingthrush (''Trochalopteron erythrocephalum'') is a species of

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a fou ...

in the family

Leiothrichidae The laughingthrushes are a family, Leiothrichidae, of Old World passerine birds. The family contains 133 species and is divided into 16 genera. The species are diverse in size and coloration. These are birds of tropical areas, with the greatest v ...

. It is found in

Bhutan Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia, in the Eastern Himalayas between China to the north and northwest and India to the south and southeast. With a population of over 727,145 and a territory of , ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

, and

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

. The

silver-eared laughingthrush The silver-eared laughingthrush (''Trochalopteron melanostigma'') is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in southern Yunnan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the chestnut-cro ...

, formerly included as a subspecies, is nowRasmussen, Pamela C. and John C. Anderton (2005) '' Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide'' usually regarded as a separate species.

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chestnut-crowned laughingthrush The chestnut-crowned laughingthrush (''Trochalopteron erythrocephalum'') is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a la ...

Birds of North India Birds of Nepal Birds of Eastern Himalaya Endemic birds of the Himalayas

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