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These include Mikado pheasant (Syrmaticus mikado), collared bush-robin (Tarsiger johnstoniae), white-whiskered laughingthrush (Garrulax morrisonianus), and flamecrest (Regulus goodfellowi).
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Asia is home not only to hundreds of rarely seen birds, from the orange-breasted laughingthrush of Vietnam to the newly discovered Togian white-eye of Indonesia, but also to a booming tourism industry.
Birders Flock East 2008
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Of the endemic species, 10 are considered threatened, including the green-billed coucal (Centropus chlororhynchos, VU), the Sri Lanka whistling thrush (Myiophonus blighi, EN) and rufous-breasted laughingthrush (Garrulax cachinnans, EN).
Biological diversity in the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka 2008
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Of the more than 600 bird species occurring in the hotspot, only a single bird species is endemic – the white-speckled laughingthrush (Garrulax bieti, VU).
Biological diversity in the mountains of Southwest China 2008
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Two additional laughingthrush species are considered near endemics (Table 1).
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This ecoregion contains three endemic bird species: the striped laughingthrush (Garrulax virgatus), brown-capped laughingthrush (Garrulax austeni), and white-browed nuthatch (Sitta victoriae) (Table 1).
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The white-bellied treepie, white-bellied shortwing, and grey-breasted laughingthrush are primarily montane species.
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Some 13 of these are listed including lesser kestrel Falco naumanni (VU), Chinese grouse Bonasa sewerzovi (VU), Chinese monal Lophophorus lhuysii (VU), blue-eared pheasant Crossoptilon auritum, Sichuan jay Perisoreus imternigrans (VU), snowy-cheeked laughingthrush Garrulax sukatschewi (VU), rufus-headed robin Luscinia ruficeps (VU) and a subspecies of Tengmalm's owl Aegolius funereus beickianus which is endemic to the region.
Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area, China 2009
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Family Common Name Species Phasianidae Chestnut-breasted partridge Arborophila mandellii Phasianidae Cheer pheasant Catreus wallichi Timaliidae Ludlow's fulvetta Alcippe ludlowi Turdidae Rusty-bellied shortwing Brachypteryx hyperythra Timaliidae Elliot's laughingthrush Garrulax elliotii Timaliidae Immaculate wren-babbler Pnoepyga immaculata Timaliidae Snowy-throated babbler Stachyris oglei Timaliidae Hoary-throated barwing Actinodura nipalensis Timaliidae Spiny babbler Turdoides nipalensis Timaliidae Mishmi wren-babbler Spelaeornis badeigularis Phasianidae Western tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.
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Family Common Name Species Timaliidae Striped laughingthrush Garrulax virgatus Timaliidae Brown-capped laughingthrush Garrulax austeni Current Status
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