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Spotted laughingthrush

Ianthocincla ocellata (Vigors, 1831)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The spotted laughingthrush (Ianthocincla ocellata) is a species in the family Leiothrichidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 114 g to 114.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Spotted laughingthrush (Ianthocincla ocellata)
Photo: Dibyendu Ash · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the spotted laughingthrush

Weight
114 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the spotted laughingthrush live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. United Kingdom

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 spotted laughingthrush?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The spotted laughingthrush (Ianthocincla ocellata) is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The spotted 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 “Spotted laughingthrush” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spotted_laughingthrush&oldid=1354935190), 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 spotted laughingthrush endangered?

The spotted 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 spotted laughingthrush classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyLeiothrichidae
  6. genusIanthocincla
  7. SpeciesIanthocincla ocellata (Vigors, 1831)

Synonyms Cinclosoma ocellatum, Garrulax ocellatus, Ianthocincla ocellata similis

Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • xerraire ocel·latCatalan
  • sojkovec kropenatýCzech
  • Chwarddwr mannogWelsh
  • PletskadedrosselDanish
  • WaldhäherlingGerman
  • ocela garolagoEsperanto
  • Charlatán oceladoSpanish
  • täplänauruliFinnish
  • täplänaurutimaliFinnish
  • Garrulaxe ocelléFrench
  • šareni drozdaljCroatian
  • pávaszemes álszajkóHungarian
  • Garrulo sghignazzante macchiatoItalian
  • シロボシガビチョウJapanese
  • akiniuotasis raibasis kvatoklisLithuanian
  • margotais vāvulisLatvian
  • Bonte LijstergaaiDutch
  • plettlattertrostNorwegian
  • sójkowiec oczkowanyPolish
  • charlatão-malhadoPortuguese
  • zaragateiro-oceladoPortuguese
  • Лесная кустарницаRussian
  • Глазчатая кустарницаRussian
  • timáliovec okavýSlovak
  • Pegavi drozd smejačSerbian
  • pärlfnittertrastSwedish
  • Benekli GevezeardıçTurkish
  • чагарниця лісоваUkrainian
  • 眼纹噪鹛Chinese
  • 眼紋噪鶥Chinese

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Relatives of the spotted laughingthrush

Other species in the same genus Ianthocincla.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the spotted laughingthrush?

An adult spotted laughingthrush weighs 114 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the spotted laughingthrush endangered?

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

Is the spotted laughingthrush an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the spotted laughingthrush?

The spotted laughingthrush (Ianthocincla ocellata) belongs to the family Leiothrichidae in the order Passeriformes.

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

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BibTeX
@misc{spotted_laughingthrush_2026,
  title = {Spotted laughingthrush (Ianthocincla ocellata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/spotted-laughingthrush},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}