Rufous-fronted laughingthrush

The rufous-fronted laughingthrush, Garrulax rufifrons, is a bird of the family Leiothrichidae that is endemic to the island of Java. It lives in evergreen tropical montane forest at elevations of roughly 900 to 2,400 metres and feeds on insects and fruit. About 27 centimetres long, it has grey plumage above the bill marked by a very deep rufous-red patch, and its large eyes are a striking light yellow. Like other laughingthrushes it usually occurs in small family groups of five or six birds, although little is known of its breeding because its natural habitat is extremely rugged mountains. It was still regarded as Near Threatened in 2012 but has been listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2016, because trapping for the cagebird trade threatens it. A breeding program has been started at the Cikananga Wildlife Center, and one subspecies, G. r. slamatensis, is possibly extinct in the wild.