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Leiothrichidae

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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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Leiothrichidae
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Source Silver-eared mesia (Wikidata)
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Source Laughingthrush (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph
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These are birds of mostly subtropical and tropical areas, with the greatest variety in Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent, although the plain laughingthrush extends into the Palearctic with others like the Emei Shan liocichla inhabiting cold highland areas.

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Source Laughingthrush (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph
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These are birds of mostly subtropical and tropical areas, with the greatest variety in Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent, although the plain laughingthrush extends into the Palearctic with others like the Emei Shan liocichla inhabiting cold highland areas.
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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)
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Wikidata: Leiothrichidae
Wikidata Q1951184, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Silver-eared mesia (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Silver-eared mesia, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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