CreatureData

Moustached laughingthrush

Ianthocincla cineracea (Godwin-Austen, 1874)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The moustached laughingthrush (Ianthocincla cineracea) is a species in the family Leiothrichidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 49 g to 49 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Moustached laughingthrush (Ianthocincla cineracea)
Photo: J G Keulemans · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the moustached laughingthrush

Weight
49 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.4src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the moustached laughingthrush

Only freely licensed photos are shown. Each carries its creator and licence.

Moustached laughingthrush (Ianthocincla cineracea)
DataBase Center for Life Science (DBCLS) · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the moustached laughingthrush live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the moustached laughingthrush as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Japan

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

What is the moustached laughingthrush?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The moustached laughingthrush (Ianthocincla cineracea) is a species of passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in China, India, and Myanmar where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The moustached laughingthrush was at one time placed in the genus Garrulax but following the publication of a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, it was moved to the resurrected genus Ianthocincla.

From the Wikipedia article “Moustached laughingthrush” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moustached_laughingthrush&oldid=1354935158), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the moustached laughingthrush endangered?

The moustached laughingthrush is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the moustached laughingthrush classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyLeiothrichidae
  6. genusIanthocincla
  7. SpeciesIanthocincla cineracea (Godwin-Austen, 1874)

Synonyms Garrulax cineraceus, Tralopteron styani, Trochalopteron cineraceum, Trochalperon ctnereiceps, Trochalpteron ningpoense

Other names and names in other languages (29)
  • Western moustached laughingthrushEnglish
  • xerraire cendrósCatalan
  • sojkovec vousatýCzech
  • SkægskadedrosselDanish
  • GrauhäherlingGerman
  • GrauflügelhäherlingGerman
  • cindra garolagoEsperanto
  • Charlatán CenicientoSpanish
  • Charlatán ceniciento occidentalSpanish
  • hopeasiipinauruliFinnish
  • Garrulaxe cendréFrench
  • pjegavorepi drozdaljCroatian
  • Garrulo sghignazzante dai mustacchiItalian
  • ヒゲガビチョウJapanese
  • ūsuotasis raibasis kvatoklisLithuanian
  • ūsainais vāvulisLatvian
  • BaardlijstergaaiDutch
  • svartskjegglattertrostNorwegian
  • sójkowiec wąsatyPolish
  • charlatão-de-bigodesPortuguese
  • zaragateiro-de-bigode-pretoPortuguese
  • Сойковая кустарницаRussian
  • Пепельная кустарницаRussian
  • timáliovec fúzatýSlovak
  • mustaschfnittertrastSwedish
  • Bıyıklı GevezeardıçTurkish
  • чагарниця вусатаUkrainian
  • 灰翅噪鹛Chinese
  • 灰翅噪鶥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the moustached laughingthrush

Other species in the same genus Ianthocincla.

CompareMoustached laughingthrush vs Spotted laughingthrushMoustached laughingthrush vs Rufous-chinned laughingthrushMoustached laughingthrush vs White-speckled laughingthrushMoustached laughingthrush vs Barred laughingthrush

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the moustached laughingthrush?

An adult moustached laughingthrush weighs 49 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the moustached laughingthrush endangered?

The moustached laughingthrush is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

Is the moustached laughingthrush an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the moustached laughingthrush as introduced in 1 country: Japan, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the moustached laughingthrush?

The moustached laughingthrush (Ianthocincla cineracea) belongs to the family Leiothrichidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

Embed a card for this animal on your own site

Copy this code. The card shows the photo with its credit, key facts and a link back to this page.

Preview the card

APA

CreatureData. (2026). Moustached laughingthrush (Ianthocincla cineracea). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/moustached-laughingthrush

MLA

“Moustached laughingthrush (Ianthocincla cineracea).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/moustached-laughingthrush.

BibTeX
@misc{moustached_laughingthrush_2026,
  title = {Moustached laughingthrush (Ianthocincla cineracea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/moustached-laughingthrush},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}