Black-faced Laughingthrush
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Black-faced Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron affine

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Jiuzhaigou National Park
2 Verified records at Jiuzhaigou National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The black-faced laughingthrush (Trochalopteron affine) is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in the Eastern Himalayas. Its range extends from eastern Nepal eastwards to Arunachal Pradesh in India and further to Myanmar, along with Bhutan and southeastern Tibet. Small disjunct populations also exist in continental Southeast Asia. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Jiuzhaigou National Park

Elliot's Laughingthrush
LC

Elliot's Laughingthrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Trochalopteron elliotii

60–70% · Likely
🐦 No photo available

Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush

🌙 Nocturnal Bird

Garrulax sukatschewi

20–30% · Possible
Giant Laughingthrush

Giant Laughingthrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Garrulax maximus

20–30% · Possible
Red-billed Leiothrix
LC

Red-billed Leiothrix

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Leiothrix lutea

Insufficient data
Pere David's Laughingthrush

Pere David's Laughingthrush

Bird

Garrulax davidi

5–10% · With luck
White-browed Laughingthrush
LC

White-browed Laughingthrush

Bird

Pterorhinus sannio

Insufficient data
Chinese Babax

Chinese Babax

Bird

Babax lanceolatus

Insufficient data
Barred Laughingthrush
LC Endemic

Barred Laughingthrush

Bird

Ianthocincla lunulata

Insufficient data
Spotted Laughingthrush

Spotted Laughingthrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Garrulax ocellatus

Insufficient data
Chestnut Thrush
LC

Chestnut Thrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Turdus rubrocanus

60–70% · Likely
Buff-barred Warbler
LC

Buff-barred Warbler

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Phylloscopus pulcher

50–60% · Likely
Chinese White-browed Rosefinch
LC

Chinese White-browed Rosefinch

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Carpodacus dubius

50–60% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Black-faced Laughingthrush at Jiuzhaigou National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Langtang National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
30–40%
2 Khangchendzonga National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
3 Jiuzhaigou National Park 🇨🇳 China
Insufficient data
4 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
Insufficient data
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