Leiothrichidae, the laughingthrushes, is a family of Old World songbirds comprising 143 species in 17 genera, found mainly across the subtropical and tropical regions of Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. They are small to medium-sized birds with robust legs and generalized, thrush-like bills, mostly brown in color with little difference between the sexes, though some species in the family are brightly colored. Laughingthrushes favor lightly wooded or scrubland habitats from swamps to deserts, are mainly insectivorous but often supplement their diet with berries, with the larger species also taking small vertebrates, and are largely non-migratory, having short rounded wings and comparatively weak flight. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Classification
Living or Extinct Taxonomic Rank Connections
Parent Taxon Of
Source Silver-eared mesia (Wikidata)
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ1951184, descriptionView the Source 2. Laughingthrush (Wikipedia)
Introduction
The laughingthrushes and their allies are a family, Leiothrichidae, of Old World passerine birds.
- Taxonomic rank (structure-wave classification, ruling 761/926)
View the SourceSilver-eared mesia (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Silver-eared mesia, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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